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Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield ... see more see more... , Janet MacLachlan , Max Julien , Juanita Moore , Richard Anthony Williams , Michael Baseleon , Ji-Tu Cumbuka , John Wesley Rodgers , Robert DoQui , Leon Bibb , Lovyss Bradley , Isabelle Cooley , James McEachin , Ketty Lester , Alice Childress , Mello Alexandria , Van Kirksey , David Moody

Uptight is an updated remake of John Ford's The Informer (35). The Irish Republican rebels of the original are replaced by black activists, Dublin becomes the Cleveland ghetto, and "the troubles" of 1... read more read more...921 are transformed into the days just following the assassination of Martin Luther King. Julian Mayfield plays an itinerant street sweeper who betrays his militant friends to the fuzz, resulting in an underground all-points bulletin to exact vengeance on the squealer. Ruby Dee portrays a prostitute who befriends the snitch as he eludes his revolutionary ex-buddies. Jules Dassin's unrelenting directorial pace is complemented by the driving jazz score of Booker T. Jones. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Jules Dassin

Release Date: December 28, 1968

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Roger Ebert
October 18, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

There's no backsliding, toward a conciliatory moderate conclusion. The passions and beliefs of black militants are presented head-on, with little in the way of comfort for white liberals. Full Review

October 18, 2008
Film4

Intelligently directed tale of urban revolt starring some of the finest black actors of the 60s. Full Review

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