Heat Wave (1990)

6.8/10 • 100 min • History Drama TV Movie

Overview

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

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

Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman

Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

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