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