Heat Wave

Heat Wave

100 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 13, 1990

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

Heat Wave

100 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 13, 1990

Heat Wave
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title Heat Wave
Directors Barbara Amato, Lyn Matsuda Norton, Kevin Hooks
Writers Michael Lazarou

Cast

Cicely Tyson

as Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood

as Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland

as Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones

as Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery

as Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn

as Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer

as J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall

as Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan

as Lada

Harold Pruett

as John Riggs

Adam Arkin

as Art Berman

Robert Hooks

as Reverend Brooks

Michael Greene

as Mr. Canfield

Charlie Korsmo

as Jason (age 12)

T.E. Russell

as Dominique Freeman

Stephanie Covington

as Florence Blake

Janice McElroy

as Rachel Freeman

Christopher M. Brown

as Reggie Freeman

Emily Yancy

as Guidance Counselor

Roger Grato III

as Jason (age 6)

Marilyn Coleman

as Cora

Bebe Drake

as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Mark Rolston

as Officer Zekanis

Randy Kirby

as Lt. Keyes

Pepper Sweeney

as Spook Hunter