Uptight
Drama
Thriller
A man on the run. A life at stake. A people about to explode.
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.
1968-12-28
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Cast
Director
Jules Dassin
Julian Mayfield as Tank Williams
Raymond St. Jacques as B.G.
Ruby Dee as Laurie
Frank Silvera as Kyle
Roscoe Lee Browne as Clarence
Janet MacLachlan as Jeannie
Max Julien as Johnny Wells
Juanita Moore as Mama Wells
Dick Anthony Williams as Corbin
Michael Baseleon as Teddy
John Wesley as Larry
Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Rick
Ketty Lester as Alma
Robert DoQui as Street Speaker
James McEachin as Mello
Isabel Cooley
Leon Bibb as Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
Anthony Chisholm as (uncredited)
William Elliott as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen as Kyle's Associate (uncredited)
Leonard Jackson as Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer as Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
Lonny Stevens as (uncredited)
Bill Walker as Bartender (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson as Self (archive footage)