Heat Wave
Kevin Hooks1990-08-13
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
6.2
100 min
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Cicely Tyson | Ruthana Richardson | Unowned |
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Blair Underwood | Bob Richardson | Unowned |
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Sally Kirkland | Mrs. Canfield | Unowned |
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James Earl Jones | Junius Johnson | Unowned |
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Margaret Avery | Roxie Turpin | Unowned |
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David Strathairn | Bill Thomas | Zac E. Chan |
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Glenn Plummer | J.T. Turpin | Unowned |
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Vondie Curtis-Hall | Clifford Turpin | Unowned |
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Paris Vaughan | Lada | Unowned |
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Harold Pruett | John Riggs | Unowned |
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Adam Arkin | Art Berman | Unowned |
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Robert Hooks | Reverend Brooks | Unowned |
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Michael Greene | Mr. Canfield | Unowned |
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Charlie Korsmo | Jason (age 12) | Unowned |
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T.E. Russell | Dominique Freeman | Unowned |
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Stephanie Covington | Florence Blake | Unowned |
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Janice McElroy | Rachel Freeman | Unowned |
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Christopher M. Brown | Reggie Freeman | Unowned |
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Emily Yancy | Guidance Counselor | Unowned |
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Roger Grato III | Jason (age 6) | Unowned |
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Marilyn Coleman | Cora | Unowned |
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Bebe Drake | Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey) | Unowned |
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Mark Rolston | Officer Zekanis | Unowned |
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Randy Kirby | Lt. Keyes | Unowned |
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Pepper Sweeney | Spook Hunter | Unowned |