Uptight

Name: Uptight
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1968-12-28
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Cast: Julian Mayfield, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne

1968, English. Directed by Jules Dassin.

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.

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Runtime: 1h 44m
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Language: English
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Released: 28 December 1968
Country: United States of America
Written by: Jules Dassin, Ruby Dee, Julian Mayfield

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Uptight (1968) was directed by Jules Dassin and stars Julian Mayfield, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee.