At Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it.
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| 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 | |
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Ketty Lester | ... | Irma Franklin |
| Don Marshall | ... | Slim's Henchman #2 | |
| Harold Nicholas | ... | Little Seymour Pettigrew | |
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Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin sneak out of their houses to visit Madame Zenobia's: a high-class but illegal nightclub. During their visit, however, the place is robbed and they are forced to hand over their wallets. Steve's wallet turns out to have contained a winning lottery ticket, and together they must recover their stolen property. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@imdb.com>
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26 July 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Music by Tom Scott
Lyrics by Morgan Ames
Sung by Dobie Gray
Produced by Mentor Williams
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Harry Belafonte's performance is a send-up of Marlon Brando's in The Godfather (1972). See more »Goofs
During the car chase when Steve (Sidney Poitier) was on top of the car he was able to knock out one of Geechie's henchmen with a hammer has the window was open. However later during the chase Steve decided to knock out all the windows with the hammer and somehow the window was now closed. See more »Soundtracks
Uptown Saturday NightMusic by Tom Scott
Lyrics by Morgan Ames
Sung by Dobie Gray
Produced by Mentor Williams
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I didn't think this was a very funny film, but that just could be my own sense of humor working not working]. I did find it to be an entertaining time, however. The acting was good, the story was well done, and I even got a chuckle or two out of it. 2 stars.