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Heat Wave

19901h 40m6.8/ 10 · TMDB · 5 votes
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A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

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Directed by Kevin Hooks

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood
Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery
Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn
David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer
Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan
Paris Vaughan

Lada

Harold Pruett
Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Adam Arkin

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Film details

Released13 Aug 1990
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Robert Hooks
Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks