Uptight
Uptight
Release: 1968-12-28
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 6.6
Drama
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Marlukin
Cast
Ruby Dee
as Laurie
Max Julien
as Johnny Wells
Juanita Moore
as Mama Wells
James McEachin
as Mello
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Clarence
Robert DoQui
as Street Speaker
Leonard Jackson
as Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
John Wesley
as Larry
Isabel Cooley
Bill Walker
as Bartender (uncredited)
Anthony Chisholm
as (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
as Kyle's Associate (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer
as Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
Janet MacLachlan
as Jeannie
Leon Bibb
as Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
William Elliott
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
Julian Mayfield
as Tank Williams
Raymond St. Jacques
as B.G.
Frank Silvera
as Kyle
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Rick
Dick Anthony Williams
as Corbin
Michael Baseleon
as Teddy
Ketty Lester
as Alma
Lonny Stevens
as (uncredited)
