Heat Wave
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
1990
100
minutes
Drama, History
★★★★★
★★★★★
3.45
Directed By:
Kevin Hooks
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Language
English
Release Date
August 13, 1990
Cast
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)
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
Show Full Crew
Editing
Production
Art
Directing
Camera
Crew
Sound
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Jeffrey J. Haboush
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Russell Williams II
Sound mixer
Michael Herbick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ron Horwitz
Supervising Sound Editor
Kevin Spears
Supervising Sound Editor
George Budd
Music Editor
Albert Aquino
Boom Operator
Costume & Make-Up
Writing