Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night

104 mins | Comedy | July 26, 1974

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

Uptown Saturday Night

104 mins | Comedy | July 26, 1974

Uptown Saturday Night
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited
Original title Uptown Saturday Night
Directors Sidney Poitier
Writers Richard Wesley

Cast

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

Johnny Sekka

as Geechie's Henchman

Lincoln Kilpatrick

as Slim's Henchman #1

Ketty Lester

as Irma

Don Marshall

as Slim's Henchman #2

Harold Nicholas

as Little Seymour

Jophery C. Brown

as Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)

Juanita Brown

as Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)

Morris Buchanan

as Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Richard L. Duran

as Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Paul Harris

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Stevie Mack

as Church Member (uncredited)

Earl Maynard

as Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)

Gene McDaniels

as Member of the Choir (uncredited)

Marie O'Henry

as Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited)

Ray Parker, Jr.

as Ray (uncredited)

Stack Pierce

as Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)

Cyril Poitier

as Rock (uncredited)

George Reynolds

as Big Percy (uncredited)

Richard Warren

as Driver (uncredited)