Uptight
A man on the run. A life at stake. A people about to explode.
19681h 44mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Thriller
Overview
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- 1960s
- betrayal
- ohio
- modern day adaptation
- betrayal by friend
- revenge killing
- blaxploitation cinema
- drunkard
- cleveland
- police informant
- civil rights movement
- death of best friend
- reward
- black militant
- monetary reward
- black power
- martin luther king assassination
- african american community
- cleveland, ohio
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 28, 1968
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Julian Mayfield,Raymond St. Jacques,Ruby Dee,Frank Silvera,Roscoe Lee Browne,Janet MacLachlan,Max Julien,Juanita Moore,Dick Anthony Williams,Michael Baseleonand 24 more
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Producer
- Jules Dassin
- Cinematography
- Boris Kaufman
- Music
- Booker T. Jones
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0063748