FILMUSUptown Saturday Night1974

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How Long Is “Uptown Saturday Night”?

Name: Uptown Saturday Night
Genre: comedy
Released: 1974
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor

1h 44m runtime

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Comedy film with a runtime of 104 minutes, released in 1974. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 44m

Minutes104

One SittingYes

With Break1h 56m

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Uptown Saturday Night is a delightful comedy directed by and starring Sidney Poitier. Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) is a factory worker. One evening, when boredom gets the best of him, Steve and his pal Wardell (Bill Cosby) decide to go to an underground gambling club to have some fun. While they are there the place is held-up and Steve's wallet is stolen. When Steve and Wardell learn that the wallet contains a winning lottery ticket, the friends go on a desperate search to find it. Shape Eye Washington (Richard Prior), an incompetent private eye, is enlisted to aid them in their search through the criminal underworld where they come up against Geechie Dan Beauford (Harry Belafonte) the mobster who runs the town. Belafonte, in a hilarious parody of Marlon Brando in The Godfather, steals the show. The movie was a huge success and led to two sequels, Let's Do It Again and A Piece of the Action, both also directed by Poitier.

Runtime Card

Runtime1h 44m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 56m

Movie Facts

Release Year1974

Runtime1h 44m

LanguageEnglish

Genrescomedy

DirectorSidney Poitier

ProducerMelville Tucker

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