Clyde Williams (Sidney Poitier) and Billy Foster (Bill Cosby) belong to a community group called The Sons and Daughters of Shaka. The city of Atlanta has plans to take away the group`s meeting place, and The Sons and Daughters of Shaka don`t have the money to finance a new one. Clyde and Billy come up with a hair-brained scheme to raise money for a new lodge hall by fixing a boxing match. Their plan is to hypnotize a weakling boxer and make him think he`s unbeatable. Then they`ll place bets on his sure-win fights. Their idea is so crazy that it just might work. But if anyone finds out what they`re up to, there will be hell to pay. Unusual names like Biggie Smalls (Calvin Lockhart), Kansas City Mack (John Amos), Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker), and Fish an` Chips Freddie (Morgan Roberts) add to the comic value of the film`s line-up of characters. Cosby, with his usual raucous antics, is a perfect complement to Poitier`s understated humor. Curtis Mayfield`s music creates the right funky atmosphere for this film.