Underplayed Gems

Which Way Is Up? (1977)

Which Way Is Up? poster
Directed by
Michael Schultz
Genre
comedy film, blaxploitation film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An orange picker juggles two women while his father and a reverend cause more chaos. Richard Pryor plays multiple roles in this comedy about entanglements and misunderstandings.

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What happens

Which Way is Up? is a 1977 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor and directed by Michael Schultz. It is an American version of the 1972 Italian comedy film The Seduction of Mimi. Richard Pryor plays three roles: an orange picker who has two women at the same time, the orange picker's father, and a reverend who gets the orange picker's wife pregnant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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