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Plot. In Cleveland, Ohio, at the time of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., protesters riot in the streets. Johnny Wells, a charismatic black revolutionary, leads a group of black men on a mission to steal guns from a warehouse as preparation for violent racial conflict.
Uptight: Directed by Jules Dassin. With Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne. In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their own.
- (1K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Jules Dassin
- 1968-12-28
May 9, 2023 · UPTIGHT (1968) is a remake of John Ford's 1935 film The Informer, set in the gritty streets of 60's Cleveland and directed by Jules Dassin. 💰👥🔪 Days after the assassination of...
- 1 min
- 2.5K
- Imprint Films
Based in part on John Ford's The Informer and using the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. as its backdrop, this film directed by Jules Dassin is a gripping drama about guilt and how one event (in this case, a tragic one) may affect the perception of a group or society as a whole.
- (2.8K)
- Marlukin, Paramount
- Jules Dassin
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"Up Tight" is a good and interesting film, however, because of isolated elements. It has blunt and direct dialog; it has several powerful performances; It has moments of truth (as when the cops gun down a militant leader, while residents of a project rain down tin cans and invective).
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Overview. Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own. Jules Dassin. Director, Writer. Liam O'Flaherty. Novel. Ruby Dee.
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