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Heat Wave

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Calorie Rating: 141
Released: 1990-08-13
Running Time: 100 Minutes

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

Director / Directors

Kevin Hooks

Director

Lyn Matsuda Norton

Script Supervisor

Barbara Amato

Script Supervisor

Cast

Cicely Tyson

Character: Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood

Character: Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland

Character: Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones

Character: Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery

Character: Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn

Character: Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer

Character: J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Character: Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan

Character: Lada

Harold Pruett

Character: John Riggs

Adam Arkin

Character: Art Berman

Robert Hooks

Character: Reverend Brooks

Michael Greene

Character: Mr. Canfield

Charlie Korsmo

Character: Jason (age 12)

T.E. Russell

Character: Dominique Freeman

Stephanie Covington

Character: Florence Blake

Janice McElroy

Character: Rachel Freeman

Christopher M. Brown

Character: Reggie Freeman

Emily Yancy

Character: Guidance Counselor

Roger Grato III

Character: Jason (age 6)

Marilyn Coleman

Character: Cora

Bebe Drake

Character: Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Mark Rolston

Character: Officer Zekanis

Randy Kirby

Character: Lt. Keyes

Pepper Sweeney

Character: Spook Hunter

Production and Crew

Klexius Kolby

Makeup Artist

Thomas Newman

Original Music Composer

Donna Stamps

Set Decoration

Debra Neil-Fisher

Editor

Robi Reed

Casting

Kathleen M. McKernin

Art Direction

Mark Irwin

Director of Photography

Richard Hoover

Production Design

Jane Prosnit

Production Coordinator

Brad R. Loman

Costume Design

Michael Lazarou

Writer

Albert Aquino

Boom Operator

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Herbick

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kevin Spears

Supervising Sound Editor

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Danny Feld

Still Photographer

Russell Williams II

Sound mixer

Jophery C. Brown

Stunt Coordinator

Ron Horwitz

Supervising Sound Editor

George Budd

Music Editor

Doug Coleman

Stunts

Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Executive Producer