Uptight
"A man on the run. A life at stake. A people about to explode."
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 (34)
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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