Review of Uptown Saturday Night (1974) by Leigh B — 10 Nov 2007

Was a little toddler the first time I saw this movie. I wondered when I was little why did Sidney Poiter and Bill Cosby jump in the water to get that money. I first saw that movie on a Saturday evening.

They sung the song "How I Got Over" at the end of the movie. Then I went to church the next morning and the choir sung that song. Billy Cosby and Sidney Poiter's characters were gullible fools in this movie.

I guess this was a part of the plot of the movie. They were already broke and they let Richard Pryor's con artist character rip them off. "Why me? Why not you?" They just don't make funny black movies like this anymore.