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Heat Wave( 1990)

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The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.

Overview

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

    Top Billed 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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      Stephanie Covington

      Florence Blake

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      Janice McElroy

      Rachel Freeman

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      Christopher M. Brown

      Reggie Freeman

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      Emily Yancy

      Guidance Counselor

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      Roger Grato III

      Jason (age 6)

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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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      Randy Kirby

      Lt. Keyes

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      Pepper Sweeney

      Spook Hunter

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • los angeles, california
    • urban setting