Movie · 1968
Uptight
Released 28 December 1968 More from 1968 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Joel Fluellen
as Kyle's Associate (uncredited)
Frank Silvera
as Kyle
Juanita Moore
as Mama Wells
Ruby Dee
as Laurie
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Clarence
Janet MacLachlan
as Jeannie
Dick Anthony Williams
as Corbin
Robert DoQui
as Street Speaker
Jesse Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
John Wesley
as Larry
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The numbers
40years between the oldest and youngest billed
61Joel Fluellen — oldest on the call sheet
21John Wesley — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast