Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American action comedy and crime comedy film, written by Richard Wesley and directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte co-starring. Cosby and Poitier teamed up again for Let's Do It Again (1975) and A Piece of the Action (1977). Although Cosby's and Poitier's characters have different names in each film, the three films are considered a trilogy. Uptown Saturday Night premiered on June 15, 1974, at the Criterion Theatre in New York and opened to positive reviews.
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Directed by Sidney Poitier
Genres - Action-Adventure, Comedy, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Blaxploitation Film, Buddy Film, Parody Film |
Release Date - Jul 26, 1974 |
Run Time - 104 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - PG
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African American, Gambling, Ghetto, Lottery, Robbery
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Subject: gambling
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Aconteceu num Sábado
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Arpajaisvoitto
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En kveld på by'n
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Panik i kubik
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Samstagnacht oben in der Stadt
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Sobotnia noc
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Uptown Saturday Night
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