Uptight
28/12/1968
2h



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.
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)


Lonny Stevens
(uncredited)


Bill Walker
Bartender (uncredited)
Marvin Walters
Policeman (uncredited)


Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)
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