Uptown Saturday Night
“They get funny when you mess with their money.”
6.2(41)PG19741h 44mEN
Directed by Sidney Poitier
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
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Budget $3.0MBox office $6.7M
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Steve Jackson
Bill Cosby
Wardell Franklin
Harry Belafonte
Geechie Dan Beauford
Flip Wilson
The Reverend
Richard Pryor
Sharp Eye Washington
Calvin Lockhart
Silky Slim
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Jackson
Roscoe Lee Browne
Congressman Lincoln
Paula Kelly
Leggy Peggy
Lee Chamberlin
Madame Zenobia
Johnny Sekka
Geechie's Henchman
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Slim's Henchman #1
