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Uptight, Malurkin Productions and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; written by Jules Dassin, Ruby Dee & Julian Mayfield ; produced and directed by Jules Dassin

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Uptight, Malurkin Productions and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; written by Jules Dassin, Ruby Dee & Julian Mayfield ; produced and directed by Jules Dassin
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG
Main title
Uptight
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
809566207
Responsibility statement
Malurkin Productions and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; written by Jules Dassin, Ruby Dee & Julian Mayfield ; produced and directed by Jules Dassin
Runtime
104
Summary
An updated remake of John Ford's 1935 film, The Informer. Dublin becomes the Cleveland ghetto and the Irish Republicans are replaced by black revolutionary fighters. Days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Tank Williams is an unemployed and itinerant steelworker who turns over his militant friend Johnny to the police for the $1,000 reward, resulting in an underground all-points bulletin to exact vengeance on the squealer
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Up tight!
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