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los angeles, california urban setting
Heat Wave
Release Date: August 13, 1990
| Year | : | 1990 |
| Slogan | : | «The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.» |
| Genres | : | History, Drama |
| Production Companies | : | |
| Director | : | Kevin Hooks |
| Producers | : | Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Robi Reed, Jane Prosnit |
| Writers | : | Michael Lazarou |
| RunTime | : | 100 mins. |
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
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Trailer: Heat Wave Trailer 1990
Main Actors
Cicely Tyson
Character : Ruthana Richardson
Blair Underwood
Character : Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland
Character : Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones
Character : Junius Johnson
Margaret Avery
Character : Roxie Turpin
David Strathairn
Character : Bill Thomas
Glenn Plummer
Character : J.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Character : Clifford Turpin
Paris Vaughan
Character : Lada
Harold Pruett
Character : John Riggs
Adam Arkin
Character : Art Berman
Robert Hooks
Character : Reverend Brooks
Michael Greene
Character : Mr. Canfield
Charlie Korsmo
Character : Jason (age 12)
T.E. Russell
Character : Dominique Freeman
Stephanie Covington
Character : Florence Blake
Janice McElroy
Character : Rachel Freeman
Christopher M. Brown
Character : Reggie Freeman
Emily Yancy
Character : Guidance Counselor
Roger Grato III
Character : Jason (age 6)
Marilyn Coleman
Character : Cora
Bebe Drake
Character : Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Mark Rolston
Character : Officer Zekanis
Randy Kirby
Character : Lt. Keyes
Pepper Sweeney
Character : Spook Hunter
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