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