Heat Wave

Heat Wave

1990 | 1h 40min | Not rated
The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.
Heat Wave

Storyline

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
  • Director
    Kevin Hooks
  • Genre
    History, Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Released
    13 August 1990
  • Runtime
    1h 40min
  • Language
    English

Cast

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

Adam Arkin

Art Berman
Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks
Michael Greene

Michael Greene

Mr. Canfield
Charlie Korsmo

Charlie Korsmo

Jason (age 12)
T.E. Russell

T.E. Russell

Dominique Freeman

Stephanie Covington

Florence Blake

Janice McElroy

Rachel Freeman
Christopher M. Brown

Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman
Emily Yancy

Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

Roger Grato III

Jason (age 6)
Marilyn Coleman

Marilyn Coleman

Cora
Bebe Drake

Bebe Drake

Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston

Officer Zekanis

Randy Kirby

Lt. Keyes
Pepper Sweeney

Pepper Sweeney

Spook Hunter

Crew

Debra Neil-Fisher

Editor

Donna Stamps

Set Decoration

Robi Reed

Casting
Kevin Hooks

Kevin Hooks

Director

Michael Lazarou

Writer
Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman

Original Music Composer

Richard Hoover

Production Design
Mark Irwin

Mark Irwin

Director of Photography

Kathleen M. McKernin

Art Direction

Brad R. Loman

Costume Design

Lyn Matsuda Norton

Script Supervisor

Barbara Amato

Script Supervisor

Jane Prosnit

Production Coordinator

Danny Feld

Still Photographer
Russell Williams II

Russell Williams II

Sound mixer

Ron Horwitz

Supervising Sound Editor

Kevin Spears

Supervising Sound Editor

Albert Aquino

Boom Operator

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Herbick

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

George Budd

Music Editor
Jophery C. Brown

Jophery C. Brown

Stunt Coordinator
Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Executive Producer

Klexius Kolby

Makeup Artist
Doug Coleman

Doug Coleman

Stunts