Uptight

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6.6

NR

Genre: Drama Thriller
Release year: 1968
Running time: 104 min
Country: United States of America

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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Max Julien
Johnny Wells
Alice Childress
Alan Oppenheimer
Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
Roscoe Lee Browne
Clarence
Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
Laurie
Lonny Stevens
(uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Society Woman at Arcade (uncredited)

Robert Sidell
Makeup Artist
Booker T. Jones
Original Music Composer
Ruby Dee
Writer
Robert Lawrence
Editor
Marty Hornstein
Assistant Director
Liam O'Flaherty
Novel
Cassius Weathersby
Production Manager
Marvin Walters
Stunts

micar6 6/10/2024 2:33:27PM 8.4

Set in Cleveland's Black activist scene following the death of MLK, this is both exhilarating and entertaining. It is a retelling of John Ford's _Informer_, directed by Jules Dassin in a return to American filmmaking. Beautiful nighttime photography with strong ensemble acting add to this bold, fascinating film. Long unavailable, it is worth re-discovering.

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