Uptight [Blu-ray]

Director: Jules Dassin Jules Dassin

Overview

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 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.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2012
UPC:	0887090042604
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	PG
Source:	Olive
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	21,434

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Raymond St. Jacques	B. G.
Ruby Dee	Laurie
Frank Silvera	Kyle
Jules Dassin	Actor
Julian Mayfield	Tank
Max Julien	Johnny
Roscoe Lee Browne	Clarence
Janet MacLachlan	Jeannie
Juanita Moore	Mama
Michael Baseleon	Teddy
Ji-Tu Cumbuka	Rick
John Wesley Rodgers	Larry
Robert DoQui	Street Speaker
Leon Bibb	Mr. Oakley
Alice Childress	Actor
Isabelle Cooley	Actor
Ketty Lester	Alma
James McEachin	Mello
David Moody	Actor
Van Kirksey	Actor
Mello Alexandria	Actor
Lovyss Bradley	Actor
Booker Jones	Composer

Technical Credits

Jules Dassin

Ruby Dee

Julian Mayfield

Jules Dassin	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Ruby Dee	Producer,Screenwriter
Julian Mayfield	Screenwriter
Terry Kellum	Sound/Sound Designer
David Forrest	Sound/Sound Designer