Heat Wave (1990)
1h 40m
Running Time
August 13, 1990Release Date
Plot.
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.
Cicely Tyson
Ruthana Richardson
Blair Underwood
Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland
Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones
Junius Johnson
Margaret Avery
Roxie Turpin
David Strathairn
Bill Thomas
Glenn Plummer
J.T. Turpin
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Clifford Turpin
Paris Vaughan
Lada
Harold Pruett
John Riggs
Adam Arkin
Art Berman
Robert Hooks
Reverend Brooks
Michael Greene
Mr. Canfield
Charlie Korsmo
Jason (age 12)
Jordan Kerner
Producer
T.E. Russell
Dominique Freeman
Stephanie Covington
Florence Blake
Janice McElroy
Rachel Freeman
Christopher M. Brown
Reggie Freeman
Emily Yancy
Guidance Counselor
Roger Grato III
Jason (age 6)
Marilyn Coleman
Cora
Bebe Drake
Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Mark Rolston
Officer Zekanis
Randy Kirby
Lt. Keyes
Pepper Sweeney
Spook Hunter
Klexius Kolby
Makeup Artist
Kevin Hooks
Director
Michael Lazarou
Writer
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Richard Hoover
Production Design
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
Debra Neil-Fisher
Editor
Donna Stamps
Set Decoration
Robi Reed
Casting
Kathleen M. McKernin
Art Direction
Brad R. Loman
Costume Design
Lyn Matsuda Norton
Script Supervisor
Barbara Amato
Script Supervisor
Jane Prosnit
Production Coordinator
Danny Feld
Still Photographer
Russell Williams II
Sound mixer
Ron Horwitz
Supervising Sound Editor
Kevin Spears
Supervising Sound Editor
Albert Aquino
Boom Operator
Jeffrey J. Haboush
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Herbick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
George Budd
Music Editor
Jophery C. Brown
Stunt Coordinator
Doug Coleman
Stunts
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 13, 1990
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Filming LocationsLos Angeles, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
los angeles
urban setting
Wiki.
Heat Wave is a 1990 American thriller-drama television film about the 1965 Los Angeles Watts Riots, directed by Kevin Hooks and starring Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, and David Strathairn.
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