Uptown Saturday Night

They get funny when you mess with their money.

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

Comedy Crime Action

Sidney Poitier

(Steve Jackson)

Bill Cosby

(Wardell Franklin)

Harry Belafonte

(Geechie Dan Beauford)

Flip Wilson

Richard Pryor

(Sharp Eye Washington)

Calvin Lockhart

Rosalind Cash

(Sarah Jackson)

Roscoe Lee Browne

(Congressman Lincoln)

Paula Kelly

Lee Chamberlin

(Madame Zenobia)

Johnny Sekka

(Geechie's Henchman)

Lincoln Kilpatrick

(Slim's Henchman #1)

Ketty Lester

Don Marshall

(Slim's Henchman #2)

Harold Nicholas

(Little Seymour)

Jophery C. Brown

(Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited))

Juanita Brown

(Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited))

Morris Buchanan

(Waldorf Patron (uncredited))

Richard L. Duran

(Waldorf Patron (uncredited))

Paul Harris

(Police Officer (uncredited))

Stevie Mack

(Church Member (uncredited))

Earl Maynard

(Waldorf Bartender (uncredited))

Gene McDaniels

(Member of the Choir (uncredited))

Marie O'Henry

(Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited))

Ray Parker, Jr.

(Ray (uncredited))

Stack Pierce

(Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited))

Cyril Poitier

(Rock (uncredited))

George Reynolds

(Big Percy (uncredited))

Richard Warren

(Driver (uncredited))