Heat Wave

Name: Heat Wave
Released: 1990
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Sally Kirkland, James Earl Jones, David Strathairn

1990

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

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Cicely Tyson

as Ruthana Richardson

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Blair Underwood

as Bob Richardson

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Sally Kirkland

as Mrs. Canfield

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James Earl Jones

as Junius Johnson

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David Strathairn

as Bill Thomas

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Margaret Avery

as Roxie Turpin

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Glenn Plummer

as J.T. Turpin

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Vondie Curtis-Hall

as Clifford Turpin

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Paris Vaughan

as Lada

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Harold Pruett

as John Riggs

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Adam Arkin

as Art Berman

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Robert Hooks

as Reverend Brooks

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Michael Greene

as Mr. Canfield

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Charlie Korsmo

as Jason (age 12)

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T.E. Russell

as Dominique Freeman

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Stephanie Covington

as Florence Blake

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Janice McElroy

as Rachel Freeman

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Christopher M. Brown

as Reggie Freeman

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Emily Yancy

as Guidance Counselor

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Roger Grato III

as Jason (age 6)

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Marilyn Coleman

as Cora

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Bebe Drake

as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

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Mark Rolston

as Officer Zekanis

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Randy Kirby

as Lt. Keyes

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Pepper Sweeney

as Spook Hunter