Uptown Saturday Night
“They get funny when you mess with their money.”
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
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Cast
29 people
Sidney Poitier
Steve Jackson
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Jackal
Bill Cosby
Wardell Franklin
Known for
The Cosby Show
Jack
Harry Belafonte
Geechie Dan Beauford
Known for
Bobby
Carmen Jones
Flip Wilson
The Reverend
Also in
Skatetown, U.S.A.
Charlie & Co.
Richard Pryor
Sharp Eye Washington
Known for
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Superman III
Calvin Lockhart
Silky Slim
Known for
Coming to America
Predator 2
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Jackson
Known for
The Omega Man
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Roscoe Lee Browne
Congressman Lincoln
Known for
Spider-Man
Treasure Planet
Paula Kelly
Leggy Peggy
Known for
Soylent Green
The Andromeda Strain
Lee Chamberlin
Madame Zenobia
Known for
Viper
Johnny Sekka
Geechie's Henchman
Known for
The Message
Khartoum
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Slim's Henchman #1
Known for
Fortress
Soylent Green
Sidney Poitier Director · Richard Wesley Writer Tom Scott Composer
Worldwide gross $6.7M · Budget $3M · United States release July 26, 1974
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$6,700,000
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
Verdon Productions Limited
Production
First Artists
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · June 16, 1974
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · July 26, 1974
Theatrical
Germany
November 18, 1989 · TV · TV premiere
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