Let's Do It Again (1975)

Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their ... See full summary »

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Writers:

Richard Wesley (screenplay), Timothy March (story)

Stars:

Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart

5 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sidney Poitier	...	Clyde Williams
Bill Cosby	...	Billy Foster
Calvin Lockhart	...	Biggie Smalls
John Amos	...	Kansas City Mack
Jimmie Walker	...	Bootney Farnsworth
Ossie Davis	...	Elder Johnson
Denise Nicholas	...	Beth Foster
Lee Chamberlin	...	Dee Dee Williams
Mel Stewart	...	Ellison
Julius Harris	...	Bubbletop Woodson
Paul Harris	...	Jody Tipps (as Paul E. Harris)
Val Avery	...	Lt. Bottomley
Morgan Roberts	...	Fish an' Chips Freddie
Talya Ferro	...	Biggie's Crony #1
Doug Johnson	...	Biggie's Crony #2

Storyline

Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match. Using hypnotism, they turn the scrawny underdog into a super-confident fighting machine. They bet heavily on him, he wins easily, and they return to Atlanta with their money. All is fine until the gangsters conned by these two figure out what happened show up in Atlanta with a grudge. Now Williams and Foster have to rig the fight again so the gangsters can get their money back or they'll be killed. Can they do it again...?

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Plot Keywords:

boxing | organized crime | church | blaxploitation | gang | 

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Taglines:

It's the same two dudes from "Uptown Saturday Night"...but this time they're back with kid dyn-o-mite!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 October 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aconteceu Outra Vez

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited, Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name of the character played by Calvin Lockhart, Biggie Smalls, was later taken on as an alias for the late rapper, _The Notorious B.I.G._

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Quotes

Beth Foster: Kansas City Mack! Kansas City Mack! You think I work for that small time country chump? You surprise me Mr. Smalls. You ain't got the smarts I thought you had.
Biggie Smalls: What?
Beth Foster: I work for the New Syndicate, sugar. I'm on the road 10 days out of every month. And all I do is move money from one city to another. Now that money is theirs. And they want it, in Chicago, with *me* by morning!
Biggie Smalls: You're lying.
Beth Foster: You try me.
[Biggie's girlfriend points a gun in Beth's face]
Beth Foster: Will you tell this child to take this thing ...
[...]

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Connections

References TNT Jackson (1974)

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Soundtracks

"Funky Love"
Written by Curtis Mayfield
Performed by the The Staple Singers

User Reviews

Funny then , funny now

I hadn't seen this movie since it came out. It was a pleasant and very funny surprise then and it still is. As others have said it's Bill Cosby's movie and he makes the most of it. Portier shows a somewhat more annoying side to his personality, doing more than his fair share of mugging but that and the cliché gangster/boxer motif aside or perhaps because of it this movie is very very funny. Jimmy J.J. Walker steals the movie as a very unlikely middleweight boxer. Denise Nicholas is beautiful and sexy and there's a score that could be sampled to death to make a new funky soundtrack for a party. I don't understand the low rating but then comedies generally get lower ratings for some reason.But don't let that discourage you. My general criteria for a comedy is if it makes me laugh out loud on at least three occasions then it gets an automatic 7. I give this one an 8.