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

6.2(4 votes)

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.

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Cast & Crew

25 members

Acting

Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Acting

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Acting

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

Acting

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Acting

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

Acting

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Acting

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Acting

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Acting

Paris Vaughan

Lada

Acting

Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Acting

Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Acting

Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

Acting

Michael Greene

Mr. Canfield

Acting

Charlie Korsmo

Jason (age 12)

Acting

T.E. Russell

Dominique Freeman

Writing

Stephanie Covington

Florence Blake

No Image

Acting

Janice McElroy

Rachel Freeman

No Image

Acting

Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman

Acting

Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

Acting

Roger Grato III

Jason (age 6)

No Image

Acting

Marilyn Coleman

Cora

Acting

Bebe Drake

Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Acting

Mark Rolston

Officer Zekanis

Acting

Randy Kirby

Lt. Keyes

No Image

Acting

Pepper Sweeney

Spook Hunter

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