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Uptight

Play trailer Poster for Uptight PG,  1968,  1h 44m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Oct 18, 2008
3/4
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. Go to Full Review
Robert Hatch The Nation Oct 3, 2023
Dassin, if he was issuing a warning, should have been explicit, and not allowed the viewer to wonder whether the implication he senses are no more than ineptitudes of presentation. Go to Full Review
Caroline Golum Screen Slate Feb 24, 2021
"Uptight places Dassin's courageous refusal to 'name names' and Mayfield's legacy as an outspoken crusader as symmetrical lives on two sides of the racial divide." Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 11, 2015
B-
It doesn't transfer well when changed from Irish revolutionists to black revolutionists. Go to Full Review
Film4 Staff Film4 Oct 18, 2008
Intelligently directed tale of urban revolt starring some of the finest black actors of the 60s. Go to Full Review
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Leia R Mar 6, 2019 pretty cool old black power film
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Cast & Crew

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Jules Dassin

Director

Raymond St. Jacques

B.G.

Ruby Dee

Laurie

Frank Silvera

Kyle

Roscoe Lee Browne

Clarence

Julian Mayfield

Tank Williams

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Uptight

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Movie Info

Synopsis Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Director
Jules Dassin
Producer
Jules Dassin
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 28, 1968, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 3, 2018
Runtime
1h 44m
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