Up Tight! (1968)
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Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 0
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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 1921 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
Dec 28, 1968 Wide
Oct 16, 2012
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Raymond St. Jacques
B.G. -
Ruby Dee
Laurie -
Frank Silvera
Kyle -
Roscoe Lee Browne
Clarence -
Julian Mayfield
Tank -
Janet MacLachlan
Jeannie -
Max Julien
Johnny -
Juanita Moore
Mama -
Richard Anthony Williams
Corbin -
Michael Baseleon
Teddy -
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Rick -
John Wesley Rodgers
Larry -
Robert DoQui
Street Speaker -
Leon Bibb
Mr. Oakley -
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James McEachin
Mello -
Ketty Lester
Alma -
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All Critics (2) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (0)
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.
Top CriticIntelligently directed tale of urban revolt starring some of the finest black actors of the 60s.
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