![]() Shortly after the film's release, NBC commissioned a pilot for a sitcom version of "Uptown Saturday Night" ], starring Cleavon Little and Adam Wade, playing the respective roles played by Cosby and Poitier in the film. * Harold Nicholas - Little Seymour Pettigrew * Roscoe Lee Browne - Congressman Lincoln However, he realizes that the lottery ticket was in the wallet that was stolen from him, and Steve and Wardell spend the remainder of the film tracking down his wallet by consulting with crooked politicians, fake detectives, con-artists, and underworld crime bosses. The following day, Steve is at home and reading his newspaper when he learns he has won the lottery. The masked bandits steal all of the patrons' loot, including Steve's wallet. While the two are at the party, the club is robbed. ![]() He is convinced by his friend Wardell Franklin ( Bill Cosby) to go to a party that Saturday night at Madam Zenobia's, an uptown nightclub. Steve Jackson ( Sidney Poitier), a blue-collar worker at a steel mill, has just begun a two-weeks-long vacation. ![]() Although their characters have different names in each film, the three films are considered to be a trilogy. Cosby and Poitier teamed up again for " Let's Do It Again" (1975) and " A Piece of the Action" (1977). Poitier also stars in this film, along with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte. ![]() "Uptown Saturday Night" is a 1974 comedy- film written by Richard Wesley, and directed by Sidney Poitier. : "For the Camp Lo album, see Uptown Saturday Night (album)"
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