Let's Do It Again (1975)

Directed by

Sidney Poitier

Genre

buddy film, blaxploitation film, boxing film, action comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two blue-collar workers scheme to fix a boxing match so they can raise money for their fraternal lodge. The plan gets complicated as they try to pull it off in New Orleans.

lightheartedplayfulfunbreezyeasygoingcomicurban

What happens

Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy film, starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker among an all-star black cast. The film, directed by Poitier, is about blue-collar workers who decide to rig a boxing match to raise money for their fraternal lodge. The song of the same name by The Staple Singers was featured as the opening and ending theme of the film, and as a result, the two have become commonly associated with each other. The production companies include Verdon Productions and The First Artists Production Company, Ltd., and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie was filmed in two cities, Atlanta, Georgia and New Orleans, Louisiana, where most of the plot takes place. This was the second film pairing of Poitier and Cosby following Uptown Saturday Night, and followed by A Piece of the Action (1977). Of the three, Let's Do It Again has been the most successful both critically and commercially. Calvin Lockhart and Lee Chamberlin also appeared in Uptown Saturday Night. According to the American Film Institute, Let's Do It Again is not a sequel to Uptown Saturday Night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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