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Uptight

Uptight1968

★6.8104 minDramaThriller

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.

Director

Writer

Jules Dassin Ruby Dee Julian Mayfield

Score

Booker T. Jones

Stars

Julian Mayfield Raymond St. Jacques Ruby Dee

Cast34

Julian Mayfield
as Tank Williams
Raymond St. Jacques
as B.G.
Ruby Dee
as Laurie
Frank Silvera
as Kyle
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Clarence
Janet MacLachlan
as Jeannie
Max Julien
as Johnny Wells
Juanita Moore
as Mama Wells
Dick Anthony Williams
as Corbin
Michael Baseleon
as Teddy
John Wesley
as Larry
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Rick
Ketty Lester
as Alma
Robert DoQui
as Street Speaker
James McEachin
as Mello
K
Kirk Kirksey
L
L. Errol Jaye
Isabel Cooley
A
Alice Childress
V
Van Kirksey
D
David Moody
M
Mello Alexandria
V
Vernett Allen
as Ralph (uncredited)
Leon Bibb
as Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
L
Lovyss Bradley
as Society Woman at Arcade (uncredited)
Anthony Chisholm
as (uncredited)
William Elliott
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
as Kyle's Associate (uncredited)
Leonard Jackson
as Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer
as Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
Lonny Stevens
as (uncredited)
Bill Walker
as Bartender (uncredited)
M
Marvin Walters
as Policeman (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson
as Self (archive footage)

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