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. Details Casts Title Uptown Saturday Night Release Date 1974-07-26 Runtime 01 Hours 44 Minutes Genres Comedy Crime Action Production Companies Verdon Productions Limited, First Artists, Warner Bros. Pictures Production Countries United States of America Sidney Poitier Steve Jackson Bill Cosby Wardell Franklin Harry Belafonte Geechie Dan Beauford Flip Wilson The Reverend Richard Pryor Sharp Eye Washington Calvin Lockhart Silky Slim Rosalind Cash Sarah Jackson Roscoe Lee Browne Congressman Lincoln Paula Kelly Leggy Peggy Lee Chamberlin Madame Zenobia Johnny Sekka Geechie's Henchman Lincoln Kilpatrick Slim's Henchman #1 Ketty Lester Irma Don Marshall Slim's Henchman #2 Harold Nicholas Little Seymour Jophery C. Brown Geechie Dan's Henchman (? Juanita Brown Congressman Lincoln's Re? Morris Buchanan Waldorf Patron (uncredit? Richard L. Duran Waldorf Patron (uncredit? Paul Harris Police Officer (uncredit? Stevie Mack Church Member (uncredite? Earl Maynard Waldorf Bartender (uncre? Gene McDaniels Member of the Choir (unc? Marie O'Henry Girl at Robbery Scene (u? Ray Parker, Jr. Ray (uncredited) Stack Pierce Gambler in Tuxedo (uncre? Cyril Poitier Rock (uncredited) George Reynolds Big Percy (uncredited) Richard Warren Driver (uncredited)