Heat Wave

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

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1990-08-13

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

History Drama TV Movie

Heat Wave

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as Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood

as Bob Richardson

as Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

as Junius Johnson

as Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

as Clifford Turpin

as Reverend Brooks

as Mr. Canfield

as Jason (age 12)

as Dominique Freeman

Stephanie Covington

Stephanie Covington

as Florence Blake

as Rachel Freeman

Christopher M. Brown

Christopher M. Brown

as Reggie Freeman

as Guidance Counselor

Roger Grato III

Roger Grato III

as Jason (age 6)

Marilyn Coleman

Marilyn Coleman

as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

as Officer Zekanis

as Spook Hunter

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Michael Lazarou

Michael Lazarou

Original Music Composer

Production Design

Director of Photography

Debra Neil-Fisher

Debra Neil-Fisher

Kathleen M. McKernin

Kathleen M. McKernin

Lyn Matsuda Norton

Lyn Matsuda Norton

Script Supervisor

Script Supervisor

Production Coordinator

Still Photographer

Russell Williams II

Russell Williams II

Supervising Sound Editor

Supervising Sound Editor

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Herbick

Michael Herbick

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Donald O. Mitchell

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jophery C. Brown

Jophery C. Brown

Stunt Coordinator

Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Executive Producer

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