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Movie poster for Heat Wave (1990)

Heat Wave

“The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.”

1990

1h 40m

History Drama TV Movie

Director: Kevin Hooks

Writer: Michael Lazarou

Overview

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

Cast

20 people

Photo of Cicely Tyson as Ruthana Richardson

Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Photo of Blair Underwood as Bob Richardson

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Photo of Sally Kirkland as Mrs. Canfield

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

Photo of James Earl Jones as Junius Johnson

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Photo of Margaret Avery as Roxie Turpin

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

Photo of David Strathairn as Bill Thomas

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Photo of Glenn Plummer as J.T. Turpin

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Photo of Vondie Curtis-Hall as Clifford Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

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