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Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
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Richard Wesley (writer)
Release Date:
26 July 1974 (USA)
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They get funny when you mess with their money.
Plot:
Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin sneak out of their houses to visit Madame Zenobia's: a high-class but illegal nightclub...
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Fabulous buddy-flick
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Ketty Lester | ... | Irma Franklin |
| Don Marshall | ... | Slim's Henchman #2 |
| Harold Nicholas | ... | Little Seymour Pettigrew |
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104 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Flip Wilson's first film performance.
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
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Uptown Saturday Night
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I just saw - again - Uptown and was amazed - again - by the chemistry of the cast and the sheer genius of Bill Cosby. It is definitely dated, style-wise, but it is as contemporary as they come as far as the 'buddy' genre goes. Although Cosby is the focus and star, with Belafonte, Lockhart and Pryor, too, stealing their scenes, one of my favorites is Poitier 'loudtalking' a crime lord. The language is not good, otherwise I'd suggest this is a good movie for older children, but with a little guidance, it would be OK for them, too. Wish there were more movies like this now, but it is a 'classic' in the sense that it overcomes any decade-specific details - the broad comedy and the sharp witty dialog are timeless.