Uptight

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

Faith Hubley Title Designer Ruby Dee Writer Julian Mayfield Writer Alexandre Trauner Production Design John Hubley Title Designer Booker T. Jones Original Music Composer, Conductor Theoni V. Aldredge Costume Design Jules Dassin Director, Writer, Producer