Heat Wave

Heat Wave (1990)

The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.

History Drama

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

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  • Release Date: 1990-08-13
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Director: Kevin Hooks

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Cast

  • Cicely Tyson

    Ruthana Richardson

  • Blair Underwood

    Bob Richardson

  • Sally Kirkland

    Mrs. Canfield

  • James Earl Jones

    Junius Johnson

  • Margaret Avery

    Roxie Turpin

  • David Strathairn

    Bill Thomas

  • Glenn Plummer

    J.T. Turpin

  • Vondie Curtis-Hall

    Clifford Turpin

  • Paris Vaughan

    Lada

  • Harold Pruett

    John Riggs

  • Adam Arkin

    Art Berman

  • Robert Hooks

    Reverend Brooks

  • Michael Greene

    Mr. Canfield

  • Charlie Korsmo

    Jason (age 12)

  • T.E. Russell

    Dominique Freeman

  • Stephanie Covington

    Florence Blake

  • Janice McElroy

    Rachel Freeman

  • Christopher M. Brown

    Reggie Freeman

  • Emily Yancy

    Guidance Counselor

  • Roger Grato III

    Jason (age 6)

  • Marilyn Coleman

    Cora

  • Bebe Drake

    Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

  • Mark Rolston

    Officer Zekanis

  • Randy Kirby

    Lt. Keyes

  • Pepper Sweeney

    Spook Hunter

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