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Let's Do It Again (1975)

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Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby as co-star. Poitier and Cosby play lodge brothers who travel to New Orleans and use hypnosis to make a boxer believe he is exceptionally strong, allowing them to manipulate a bout and raise money for their church. The film is the second of three Poitier-Cosby comedies.

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What happens in Let’s Do It Again (1975)?

Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby play lodge brothers who travel to New Orleans to help a boxer. They use hypnosis to convince him that he is exceptionally strong, then build a scheme around his fights.

Who stars in Let’s Do It Again?

The film stars Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby, with Poitier also serving as director. Their characters use lodge connections, hypnosis, and boxing promotion to help solve a financial problem.

Is Let’s Do It Again a sequel?

It is a follow-up to the 1974 comedy Uptown Saturday Night, which also starred Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. The later film keeps the pair’s comic partnership but moves the central scheme to New Orleans and professional boxing.

What makes the boxing plot in Let’s Do It Again unusual?

The boxer is not trained into greatness through ordinary coaching; he is hypnotized into believing he has extraordinary power. That belief drives the comedy and lets Poitier and Cosby’s characters manipulate the fight circuit.

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