Heat Wave (1990)

Name: Heat Wave
Director: Kevin Hooks
Genre: History, Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1990-08-13
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Sally Kirkland, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery

19901h 40mHistoryDramaTV Movie

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

Cicely TysonRuthana Richardson
Blair UnderwoodBob Richardson
Sally KirklandMrs. Canfield
James Earl JonesJunius Johnson
Margaret AveryRoxie Turpin
David StrathairnBill Thomas
Glenn PlummerJ.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-HallClifford Turpin
Paris VaughanLada
Harold PruettJohn Riggs
Adam ArkinArt Berman
Robert HooksReverend Brooks
Michael GreeneMr. Canfield
Charlie KorsmoJason (age 12)
T.E. RussellDominique Freeman
SStephanie CovingtonFlorence Blake
JJanice McElroyRachel Freeman
Christopher M. BrownReggie Freeman

Crew

Director: Kevin Hooks
Writers: Michael Lazarou
Producers: Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Music: Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Editing: Debra Neil-Fisher

Details

Released: August 13, 1990
Language: English
IMDb: tt0099751