Let's Do It Again

"It's the same two dudes from "Uptown Saturday Night"...but this time they're back with kid dyn-o-mite!"

1975 1h 53m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 25

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Synopsis

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Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.

“It's the same two dudes from "Uptown Saturday Night"...but this time they're back with kid dyn-o-mite!”

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Cast

Sidney Poitier
Clyde Williams
Bill Cosby
Billy Foster
Calvin Lockhart
Biggie Smalls
John Amos
Kansas City Mack
Jimmie Walker
Bootney Farnsworth
Ossie Davis
Elder Johnson
Denise Nicholas
Beth Foster
Lee Chamberlin
Dee Dee Williams

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sidney Poitier
Writers: Richard Wesley, Timothy March
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $12M — a 168.6× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sidney Poitier, shot by Donald M. Morgan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Curtis Mayfield. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Pembroke J. Herring shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby and Calvin Lockhart carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Sidney Poitier directs. Donald M. Morgan behind the camera. Curtis Mayfield scores. Pembroke J. Herring cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $12M — a 168.6× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
351 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5Directed by Sidney Poitier, shot by Donald M. Morgan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Curtis Mayfield. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Pembroke J. Herring shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby and Calvin Lockhart carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "It's the same two dudes from "Uptown Saturday Night"...but this time they're back with kid dyn-o-mite!".
10IMDB entry: tt0073282 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 25 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.