Uptight (1968)
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.
- Date of release
- 1968-12-28
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Jules Dassin
Casting
- Julian Mayfield — Tank Williams
- Raymond St. Jacques — B.G.
- Ruby Dee — Laurie
- Frank Silvera — Kyle
- Roscoe Lee Browne — Clarence
- Janet MacLachlan — Jeannie
- Max Julien — Johnny Wells
- Juanita Moore — Mama Wells
- Dick Anthony Williams — Corbin
- Michael Baseleon — Teddy
- John Wesley — Larry
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka — Rick
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