Uptight (film)

Uptight
Film poster
Directed by	Jules Dassin
Written by	Jules Dassin Ruby Dee Julian Mayfield
Based on	The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty
Produced by	Jules Dassin Ruby Dee Jim Di Gangi
Starring	Raymond St. Jacques Ruby Dee Julian Mayfield Janet MacLachlan Roscoe Lee Browne
Cinematography	Boris Kaufman
Edited by	Robert Lawrence
Music by	Booker T. & the MG's
Production company	Marlukin Productions[1]
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures[1]
Release date	December 18, 1968 (1968-12-18)
Running time	104 minutes[1]
Country	United States[1]
Language	English

Uptight (also known as Up Tight!) is a 1968 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin. It was intended as an updated version of John Ford's 1935 film The Informer, based on the book of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty, but the setting was transposed from Dublin to Cleveland. The soundtrack was performed by Booker T. & the MG's. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is used as a backdrop for the film's fictional narrative.