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Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
Language
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue $6,700,000
English,
Español
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue $6,700,000
Keywords
robbery
gambling
ghetto
male friendship
lottery
urban
lottery ticket
Casts

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 (uncredited)

Juanita Brown
Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)

Morris Buchanan
Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Richard L. Duran
Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Paul Harris
Police Officer (uncredited)
Stevie Mack
Church Member (uncredited)

Earl Maynard
Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)
Gene McDaniels
Member of the Choir (uncredited)
Marie O'Henry
Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited)

Ray Parker, Jr.
Ray (uncredited)

Stack Pierce
Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)
Cyril Poitier
Rock (uncredited)

George Reynolds
Big Percy (uncredited)
Richard Warren
Driver (uncredited)
Crews

Sidney Poitier
Director
Charles Spurgeon
Special Effects
Melville Tucker
Producer
Monty Westmore
Makeup Artist
Robert De Vestel
Set Decoration
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Richard Wesley
Writer
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
Pembroke J. Herring
Associate Producer
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer

Fred J. Koenekamp
Director of Photography
Mickey McCardle
Production Manager

Jophery C. Brown
Stunts

Henry Kingi
Stunts

Bob Herron
Stunts
Backdrops & Posters




