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Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
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Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
Rating:PG
Genre:Comedy, Crime, Action
Written By:Richard Wesley
In Theaters:7/26/1974
Box Office:$6,700,000
Runtime:104 minutes
Studio:Verdon Productions Limited, First Artists, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Director
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
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