uptown saturday night

Director: sidney poitier

Actor: sidney poitier,bill cosby,harry belafonte,flip wilson

Data Published: Fri Jul 26 1974

Genres: Action,Comedy,Crime

Key Words: lottery ticket,husband wife relationship,blaxploitation,thief,gambling

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072351/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Saturday_Night

Description: Uptown Saturday Night is a movie starring Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, and Harry Belafonte. At Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery...

Plot: While enjoying themselves at Madame Zenobia's club on Saturday Night, Steve Jackson (Poitier) and Wardell Franklin (Cosby) are held up by robbers who raid the club, taking Steve's wallet as a result. Upon realizing that a winning lottery ticket worth $50,000 is in the wallet, they set out to find the crooks themselves. Determined to retrieve the ticket, they search for it using the help of gangster Geechie Dan Beauford (Belafonte), who wants to defeat his rival Silky Slim (Lockhart). Using their wit, perseverance, and fearlessness, Steve and Wardell devise a plan to get the ticket using the help of both gangsters, in the hopes that it will pay off for them.