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Uptown Saturday Night

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Sidney Poitier Bill Cosby
Harry Belafonte Richard Pryor
When taxi driver Wardell Franklin persuades his retiring friend Steve Jackson to spend Saturday night at a gambling club, they are the victims of a gang raid. The masked men take everyone's valuables - including Steve's $50,000 winning lottery ticket. Distrusting the police, the duo decide to take on the criminal world themselves with unexpected and hilarious results ...
Screenplay by RICHARD WESLEY Produced by MELVILLE TUCKER Directed by SIDNEY POITIER
* FILMS: page 29

Contributors

Unknown:
Sidney Poitier
Unknown:
Bill Cosby
Unknown:
Harry Belafonte
Unknown:
Richard Pryor
Unknown:
Wardell Franklin
Unknown:
Steve Jackson
Unknown:
Richard Wesley
Produced By:
Melville Tucker
Directed By:
Sidney Poitier
Steve Jackson:
Sidney Poitier
Wardell Franklin:
Bill Cosby
Geechie Dan Beauford:
Harry Belafonte
The Reverend:
Flip Wilson
Sharp-Eye Washington:
Richard Pryor
Sarah Jackson:
Rosalind Cash
Congressman Lincoln:
Roscoe Lee Browne
Leggy Peggy:
Paula Kelly
Madame Zenobia:
Lee Chamberlain
Slim's henchmen:
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Slim's henchmen:
Don Marshall
Irma Franklin:
Ketty Lester
Little Seymour:
Harold Nicholas
Silky Slim:
Calvin Lockhart
Source: Radio Times

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