"They get funny when you mess with their money." 26 July 1974 Action, Comedy, Crime 104 mins
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
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Sidney Poitier as Steve Jackson
Bill Cosby as Wardell Franklin
Harry Belafonte as Geechie Dan Beauford
Flip Wilson as The Reverend
Richard Pryor as Sharp Eye Washington
Calvin Lockhart as Silky Slim
Rosalind Cash as Sarah Jackson
Roscoe Lee Browne as Congressman Lincoln
Paula Kelly as Leggy Peggy
Lee Chamberlin as Madame Zenobia
Johnny Sekka as Geechie's Henchman
Lincoln Kilpatrick as Slim's Henchman #1
Ketty Lester as Irma
Don Marshall as Slim's Henchman #2
Harold Nicholas as Little Seymour
Jophery C. Brown as Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)
Sidney Poitier Director
Charles Spurgeon Special Effects
Richard Wesley Writer
Melville Tucker Producer
Pembroke J. Herring Associate Producer
Tom Scott Original Music Composer
Fred J. Koenekamp Director of Photography
Pembroke J. Herring Editor
Alfred Sweeney Production Design
Robert De Vestel Set Decoration
Monty Westmore Makeup Artist
Mickey McCardle Production Manager
William Ladd Skinner Set Designer
Jophery C. Brown Stunts
Henry Kingi Stunts
Bob Herron Stunts
Aconteceu num Sábado Trailer
Samstagnacht oben in der Stadt Trailer
Germany 18 November 1989
United States 16 June 1974
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1974:
01 January 1974
Michael Ondaatje chronicles a group of actors who, in 1972, went into an Ontario farming community to build a play of what they saw and learned.
24 September 1974
When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow.
29 November 1974
Joey Gosiengfiao's witty drama-comedy of three women fighting for an estate.
21 September 1974
A collage film, a dialogue between mother and the unborn child, the film can be seen as a personal self-analysis by René Paquot, who dreamily delivers his conflicts with maternal, medical and religious authority.
19 December 1974
A young filmmaker becomes involved with a gangster in Berlin. Based on the Ulf Miehe novel Ich hab' noch einen Toten in Berlin.
27 September 1974
In the diary of the late mayor finds his virtuous widow evidence how wild it really driving the good citizens of the town.
01 October 1974
Carl the Gardner grows odd plants for a rich Yankee woman Ellen Bennett living in South America while exercising a mental hold over her.
24 October 1974
Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
19 January 1974
A short film that originally played before showings of "Heroes Two" - in which Fu Sheng, Chen Kuan Tai and Chi Kuan-Chun demonstrate different techniques of Hung boxing.
20 February 1974
Portrays the challenges of creating a film about nuclear disaster amid public apathy. It captures behind-the-scenes moments as the crew discusses the gravity of nuclear threats, the importance of preparation, and the emotional impact of a nuclear attack.
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