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Heat Wave

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

1990 |1h 40m |  History, Drama

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Cast

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Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

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Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

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Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

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James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

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Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

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David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

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Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

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Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

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Paris Vaughan

Lada

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Harold Pruett

John Riggs

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Adam Arkin

Art Berman

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Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

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Michael Greene

Mr. Canfield

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Charlie Korsmo

Jason (age 12)

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T.E. Russell

Dominique Freeman

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Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman

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Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

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Marilyn Coleman

Cora

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Bebe Drake

Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

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Mark Rolston

Officer Zekanis

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Pepper Sweeney

Spook Hunter

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Status

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Language

English

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