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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   659 votes
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Director:
Sidney Poitier
Writer:
Richard Wesley (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 July 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
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... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Will To Remake Black Movie Classic
 (From WENN. 1 May 2002)

User Comments:
Poitier and Cosby Make This Film Worth Watching. more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more
Company:
First Artists more

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Trivia:
The roles of Steve and Wardell were written for Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor but the studio felt they were not big box-office draws. Pryor ended up with a cameo. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Uptown Saturday Night more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Poitier and Cosby Make This Film Worth Watching., 11 June 2003
6/10
Author: phillafella from Nashville, TN

Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby star in this sporadically funny vehicle as two guys who try to recover their personal possessions after being robbed of them at a nightclub. Poitier and Cosby have great chemistry, and the movie is well directed by Poitier himself, but the premise is a bit too contrived, and the plot doesn't seem to go all the way. Not recommended for everyone, but African-Americans and fans of the two leads won't be disappointed.

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