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Heat Wave (1990)

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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Kevin Hooks profile
Kevin Hooks

Director

Cast

Cicely Tyson profile
Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood profile
Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland profile
Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones profile
James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery profile
Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn profile
David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer profile
Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall profile
Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan profile
Paris Vaughan

Lada

Harold Pruett profile
Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Adam Arkin profile
Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Robert Hooks profile
Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

Cicely Tyson profile
Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood profile
Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland profile
Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones profile
James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery profile
Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn profile
David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer profile
Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall profile
Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan profile
Paris Vaughan

Lada

Harold Pruett profile
Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Adam Arkin profile
Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Robert Hooks profile
Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

Extra

Release Date

August 13, 1990

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

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