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Heat Wave

1990

100 minutes

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Overview

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

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Top Cast

Cicely Tyson headshot

Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood headshot

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland headshot

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones headshot

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery headshot

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn headshot

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer headshot

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall headshot

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan headshot

Paris Vaughan

Lada

Harold Pruett headshot

Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Adam Arkin headshot

Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Robert Hooks headshot

Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

Michael Greene headshot

Michael Greene

Mr. Canfield

Charlie Korsmo headshot

Charlie Korsmo

Jason (age 12)

T.E. Russell headshot

T.E. Russell

Dominique Freeman

Stephanie Covington headshot

Stephanie Covington

Florence Blake

Janice McElroy headshot

Janice McElroy

Rachel Freeman

Christopher M. Brown headshot

Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman

Emily Yancy headshot

Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

Roger Grato III headshot

Roger Grato III

Jason (age 6)

Marilyn Coleman headshot

Marilyn Coleman

Cora

Bebe Drake headshot

Bebe Drake

Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Mark Rolston headshot

Mark Rolston

Officer Zekanis

Randy Kirby headshot

Randy Kirby

Lt. Keyes

Pepper Sweeney headshot

Pepper Sweeney

Spook Hunter