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Uptown Saturday Night

Play trailer Poster for Uptown Saturday Night PG,  1974,  1h 44m,  Comedy/ Action/ Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Blue-collar buddies (Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby) search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

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Penelope Gilliatt The New Yorker Mar 6, 2024
Black is beautiful. Yes, but Uptown Saturday Night, directed by Sidney Poitier, demonstrates something more revolutionary: Black is fun. Go to Full Review
Donald Bogle Freedomways Sep 23, 2020
We should continue to demand, expect, and fight for much more from our movies. But we should never let ourselves be content with yesterday's warmed up left-overs. And, unfortunately, that's just what Uptown Saturday Night is. Go to Full Review
Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press Dec 12, 2019
I have nothing but good feelings about the movie. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Aug 1, 2005
3/5
Very dated humor with youngish Cosby and Poitier...who directs OK. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 28, 2005
2/5
John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Jan 7, 2004
5/10
...harmless enough, flimsy and almost forgettable entertainment but easy going down. Go to Full Review
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Harry M Nov 30, 2018 this movie was awesome
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Sidney Poitier

Director

Sidney Poitier

Steve Jackson

Bill Cosby

Wardell Franklin

Harry Belafonte

Geechie Dan Beauford

Flip Wilson

The Reverend

Richard Pryor

Sharp Eye Washington

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Uptown Saturday Night

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Movie Info

Synopsis Blue-collar buddies (Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby) search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
Director
Sidney Poitier
Producer
Melville Tucker
Screenwriter
Richard Wesley
Production Co
First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 16, 1974, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 15, 2012
Runtime
1h 44m
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