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Uptight
1968, Dec 28
1h 44m
Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Directed by
Jules Dassin
Written by
Jules Dassin, Julian Mayfield, Ruby Dee
Frank Silvera
Kyle
Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Max Julien
Johnny Wells
Janet MacLachlan
Jeannie
Isabel Cooley
William Elliott
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Rick
Ruby Dee
Laurie
Bill Walker
Bartender (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer
Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
Ketty Lester
Alma
James McEachin
Mello
Juanita Moore
Mama Wells
Roscoe Lee Browne
Clarence
Lonny Stevens
(uncredited)
John Wesley
Larry
Anthony Chisholm
(uncredited)
Robert DoQui
Street Speaker
Dick Anthony Williams
Corbin
Leon Bibb
Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
Booker T. Jones
Raymond St. Jacques
B.G.
Joel Fluellen
Kyle's Associate (uncredited)
Michael Baseleon
Teddy
Leonard Jackson
Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
Kirk Kirksey
L. Errol Jaye
Van Kirksey
David Moody
Vernett Allen
Ralph (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Society Woman at Arcade (uncredited)
Ernest Phillips
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