Uptight (1968)
Release: December 28, 1968 | Runtime: 1h 44m | Rating: 6.6
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.
A man on the run. A life at stake. A people about to explode.
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Main cast
- 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
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What is Uptight about?
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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