Movie·1990·1h 40m
Heat Wave
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
Directed By
Kevin Hooks
Language
English
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Audience Score
5 votes
Where to watch
Region: USBuy
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// cast
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
// crew
Crew
Kevin Hooks
Director
Michael Lazarou
Writer
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
Debra Neil-Fisher
Editor
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Executive Producer
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