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