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    Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

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    Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) and Wardell Franklin (Bill Cosby) are customers in a nightclub that is held up by thieves and the duo are robbed of their wallets and jewellery.

    Meanwhile, Steve wins $50,000 in a lottery – but his winning ticket is in his stolen wallet!

    Keeping everything secret from his wife (Rosalind Cash), Steve and his pal Wardell set out to find the criminals, enlisting the aid of a fumbling investigator, a politician and a preacher to track down the thieves.

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    Steve Jackson
    Sidney Poitier
    Wardell Franklin
    Bill Cosby
    Geechie Dan Beauford
    Harry Belafonte
    Sharp Eye Washington
    Richard Pryor
    Leggy Peggy
    Paula Kelly
    Sarah Jackson
    Rosalind Cash
    Congressman Lincoln
    Roscoe Lee Browne
    Madame Zenobia
    Lee Chamberlain
    Irma Franklin
    Ketty Lester
    Geechie’s Henchman
    Johnny Sekka
    Silky Slim
    Calvin Lockhart
    The Reverend
    Flip Wilson
    Little Seymour
    Harold Nicholas

    Director
    Sidney Poitier

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