Which Way Is Up?

Which Way Is Up?
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Schultz
Written by	Carl Gottlieb Cecil Brown
Based on	The Seduction of Mimi by Lina Wertmüller
Produced by	Steve Krantz
Starring	Richard Pryor Lonette McKee Margaret Avery
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Edited by	Danford B. Greene
Music by	Mark Davis Paul Riser
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 4, 1977 (1977-11-04)
Running time	94 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$3 million[1]

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.