Heat Wave (1990)
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Year
1990
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
13 August 1990
TMDB
6.8 (5)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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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
S
Stephanie Covington
Florence Blake
J
Janice McElroy
Rachel Freeman
Christopher M. Brown
Reggie Freeman
Emily Yancy
Guidance Counselor
R
Roger Grato III
Jason (age 6)
Marilyn Coleman
Cora
Bebe Drake
Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Mark Rolston
Officer Zekanis
R
Randy Kirby
Lt. Keyes
Pepper Sweeney
Spook Hunter
B
Betty Cole
Elderly Woman
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