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Mood:
- Humorous
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Plot:
- BuddiesGangstersOdd CoupleChaseCrime Gone AwryNothing Goes RightCrimesPartners more...
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Genres:
- ComedyIndependentBlaxploitationCrime
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Time/Period:
- 70s
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Place:
- Nightclub
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Humor:
- Silly Humor
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Uptown Saturday Night, 1974
English
USA
Profile of Uptown Saturday Night
The mood of Uptown Saturday Night is humorous. The plot centers around an odd couple, crime gone awry, and chases. It features silly humor. Uptown Saturday Night is a comedy, independent, and crime movie. Stylistically, it involves blaxpoitation. In approach, it is realistic. Uptown Saturday Night takes place, at least partly, at a nightclub. It is especially suggested for a boys' night.
Summary of Uptown Saturday Night
Blue-collar buddies Steve and Wardell decide to hang out at an illicit gambling joint one Saturday night. But they lose their shirts (literally) when robbers force them and everyone else to strip and give up their valuables. As if that weren't bad enough, Steve makes a frightening discovery after the crime: inside his stolen wallet was a winning lottery ticket worth $50,000! The horrified duo hire a bumbling detective and set out to find the crooks. During their wild adventure they encounter a number of odd characters, including two rival ganglords--one of whom is responsible for the gambling house robbery...
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 16 June 1974 |
| Runtime: | 104 min |
Cast and Crew
as Wardell Franklin
as Steve Jackson
