Heat Wave
★ 6.8·1990·1h 40min·Drama, History, and TV Movie
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
Overview
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
- Director
- Kevin Hooks
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released (Aug 13, 1990)
Where to watch
- Buy or rent
Cast
26 people
Cicely TysonRuthana Richardson
Blair UnderwoodBob Richardson
Sally KirklandMrs. Canfield
James Earl JonesJunius Johnson
Margaret AveryRoxie Turpin
David StrathairnBill Thomas
Glenn PlummerJ.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-HallClifford Turpin
Paris VaughanLada
Harold PruettJohn Riggs
Adam ArkinArt Berman
Robert HooksReverend Brooks
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Michael GreeneMr. Canfield
Charlie KorsmoJason (age 12)
T.E. RussellDominique Freeman- SCStephanie CovingtonFlorence Blake
- JMJanice McElroyRachel Freeman
Christopher M. BrownReggie Freeman
Emily YancyGuidance Counselor- RGRoger Grato IIIJason (age 6)
Marilyn ColemanCora
Bebe DrakeWinnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Mark RolstonOfficer Zekanis- RKRandy KirbyLt. Keyes
Pepper SweeneySpook Hunter- BCBetty ColeElderly Woman
