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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
Ruby Dee, Julian Mayfield, Jules Dassin
Max Julien
Johnny Wells
Alan Oppenheimer
Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
Booker T. Jones
Roscoe Lee Browne
Clarence
Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
Laurie
Lonny Stevens
(uncredited)
Janet MacLachlan
Jeannie
Anthony Chisholm
(uncredited)
James McEachin
Mello
Dick Anthony Williams
Corbin
Leonard Jackson
Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
Robert DoQui
Street Speaker
Raymond St. Jacques
B.G.
John Wesley
Larry
Michael Baseleon
Teddy
Ketty Lester
Alma
Leon Bibb
Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
Frank Silvera
Kyle
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Rick
Juanita Moore
Mama Wells
William Elliott
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Isabel Cooley
Joel Fluellen
Kyle's Associate (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Bartender (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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