Wesley earned a substantial amount of money writing the screenplays for the 1974 film Uptown Saturday Night and the following year's Let's Do It Again, both of which starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier.
The 1996 album Uptown Saturday Night by the rap duo Camp Lo was named after the movie, with one member (Geechie Suede) taking his stage name from the film.
Saturday Night Live | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Twelfth Night | The Saturday Evening Post | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Uptown | Late Night with David Letterman | Monday Night Football | Saturday Night Fever | Friday Night Lights | Uptown New Orleans | Night Gallery | Three Dog Night | Silent Night | Friday Night Lights (TV series) | Hockey Night in Canada | Sunday Night Football | Night of the Living Dead | Black-crowned Night Heron | A Little Night Music | NBC Sunday Night Football | Long Day's Journey into Night | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Black Saturday | Thursday Night Football | The Edge of Night | Saturday Night | Night Thrasher | Night at the Museum |
He created the poster art for two Sidney Poitier movies, Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again, and for two Peter Sellers films, the 1963 film The Pink Panther and the 1974 Soft Beds, Hard Battles (a.k.a. Party for Hitler and Undercovers Hero).
"Luchini AKA This Is It" was the lead single released from Camp Lo's debut album, Uptown Saturday Night.