Uptown Saturday Night
They get funny when you mess with their money.
1974 · 1h 44m · PG
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Sidney Poitier
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Uptown Saturday Night
Overview
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
Director and cast
- Sidney Poitier Director
- Sidney Poitier as Steve Jackson
- Bill Cosby as Wardell Franklin
- Harry Belafonte as Geechie Dan Beauford
- Flip Wilson as The Reverend
- Richard Pryor as Sharp Eye Washington
- Calvin Lockhart as Silky Slim
- Rosalind Cash as Sarah Jackson
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Congressman Lincoln
- Paula Kelly as Leggy Peggy
- Lee Chamberlin as Madame Zenobia
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