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Uptight stars Julian Mayfield, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne.

"A man on the run. A life at stake. A people about to explode."

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DETAILS

FORMAT

Movie

RELEASE DATE

Dec. 28, 1968

STATUS

Released

RUNTIME

1h 44m

RUNTIME MINUTES

104

STUDIOS

Marlukin

COUNTRY

United States of America

LANGUAGES

English

Uptight

Name: Uptight
Director: Jules Dassin
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1968-12-28
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Julian Mayfield, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne

| 1h 44m | Released | ★ 6.8/10

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.

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Cast

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

Ketty Lester

Alma

Robert DoQui

Street Speaker

James McEachin

Mello

Kirk Kirksey

L. Errol Jaye

Isabel Cooley

Alice Childress

Van Kirksey

David Moody

Mello Alexandria

Vernett Allen

Ralph (uncredited)

Leon Bibb

Mr. Oakley (uncredited)

Lovyss Bradley

Society Woman at Arcade (uncredited)

Anthony Chisholm

(uncredited)

William Elliott

Revolutionary (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

Kyle's Associate (uncredited)

Leonard Jackson

Mr. Oakley (uncredited)

Alan Oppenheimer

Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)

Crew

Ruby Dee

Writer

Jules Dassin

Director

Julian Mayfield

Writer

Keywords

based on novel or book betrayal blaxploitation cinema reward modern day adaptation black militant betrayal by friend revenge killing 1960s death of best friend drunkard monetary reward police informant civil rights movement black power cleveland, ohio martin luther king assassination african american community

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TMDB SCORE

6.8/10

19 votes

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