![]() ![]() And he does a brilliant job of it in scenes that look at least slightly improvised. Poitier and Cosby, caught in the middle, have Cosby's fast talk as their only defense. The plot grows labyrinthine, involving two enemy sets of black bookmakers who figure out they've been had. He and Cosby take their wives to New Orleans on vacation, intercept the scrawny middleweight contender, Jimmie (Dynamite) Walker, put the whammy on him and convince him he'll feel no pain and soundly defeat the champ. It should be easy to fix the fight because Poitier has a unique giftÑhe can put the whammy on anyone. They hatch a plan that ultimately leads them through a hilarious adventure with crooks, politicians and church people.įlip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Harry Belafonte, Calvin Lockhart and Rosalind Cash are some of the acting greats that star in this classic Black movie.There's a middleweight title fight coming up, and Cosby has a brainstorm: He and Poitier will fix the fight, bet the lodge's $18,000 building fund on the result and clean up at 5to1 odds. The next day Steve finds out that the lottery ticket that he had in his wallet is the big winner! Upset, he and Wardell decide that they have to get it back but still not let their wives know that they were at Madame Zenobia’s nightclub. ![]() ![]() While there, they are robbed, and in Steve’s wallet is taken along with the rest of the loot. Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) and his best friend, Wardell Franklin (Bill Cosby) decide to sneak out one night and go to Madame Zenobia’s club. This was the first film that Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby starred in together during the 1970s and because of its enormous success, they made two more films together. With an all-star African-American cast, “Uptown Saturday Night” is a great comedy movie. Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier star in “Uptown Saturday Night” – A Hilarious Comedy! ![]()
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