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