Uptown Saturday Night

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Uptown Saturday Night

PG

Released Jun 16, 1974

1h 44m

Comedy

Action

Crime

Drama

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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

Black is beautiful. Yes, but Uptown Saturday Night, directed by Sidney Poitier, demonstrates something more revolutionary: Black is fun.

Mar 6, 2024

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Donald Bogle

Freedomways

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.

Sep 23, 2020

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Dick Lochte

Los Angeles Free Press

I have nothing but good feelings about the movie.

Dec 12, 2019

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Very dated humor with youngish Cosby and Poitier...who directs OK.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 1, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jun 28, 2005

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...harmless enough, flimsy and almost forgettable entertainment but easy going down.

Rated: 5/10

Jan 7, 2004

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SA G

Some of the greatest black actors of our time; Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, Paula Kelly, Rosaland Cash, Harold Nicholas, Calvin Lockhart. Old school comedy at its best!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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CodyZamboni Z

Amusing, slapstick buddy comedy. Two guys try to con the Chicago underworld to get back a winning lottery ticket, Works on the charisma of two stars, Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. There's a wacky supporting cast featuring cameos by Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, Jim Brown, And there's an unrecognizable Harry Belafonte. parodying Brando's Godfather.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/02/24

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Steve D

With recent events it would be hard to watch even if it was a whole lot funnier.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/08/23

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ashley h

Uptown Saturday Night is an okay film. It is about two friends who search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup. Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby give decent performances. The script is a little slow in places. Sidney Poitier did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the action and humor.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

One of my favorite movies of all time, wildly entertaining raised the bar for black cinema above typical blaxploitation

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/19/20

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Audience Member

The best comedy movie ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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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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