Uptown Saturday Night

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Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American comedy film starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby, known for its blend of crime caper antics and social satire in an urban setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
comedy film
film
artDirectionBy Charles Rosen
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy Donald M. Morgan NERFINISHED
colorProcess Color
costumeDesignBy Bernie Pollack
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Sidney Poitier
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Pembroke J. Herring
featuresCharacter Steve Jackson
Wardell Franklin
filmingFormat 35 mm
genre buddy film
caper film
comedy
crime comedy
hasOriginalScore yes
hasSequel A Piece of the Action
Let's Do It Again
surface form: Let’s Do It Again
leadActor Bill Cosby
Sidney Poitier
mainTheme friendship
urban crime
working-class aspiration
MPAARating PG
musicBy Tom Scott
notableFor blend of crime caper and social satire
depiction of African-American urban life in the 1970s
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Two friends have their winning lottery ticket stolen during a robbery at an illegal nightclub and set out to recover it.
producer Melville Tucker
productionCompany First Artists
releaseDate 1974-07-27
releaseYear 1974
runtimeMinutes 104
screenwriter Richard Wesley
settingLocation Philadelphia
soundMix Mono
starring Bill Cosby
Flip Wilson
Harry Belafonte
Richard Pryor
Rosalind Cash
Sidney Poitier
timePeriodDepicted 1970s

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Harry Belafonte notableWork Uptown Saturday Night
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. notableWork Uptown Saturday Night
Sidney Poitier directed Uptown Saturday Night