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Heat Wave (1990)

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Film details

Featuring

Cicely Tyson Blair Underwood James Earl Jones
Director

Kevin Hooks
Country

USA
Year

1990
Genre

Drama
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

TV movie. Set during the Watts uprising in California in 1956 and based on the experiences of LA Times reporter Robert Richardson.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Ruthana Richardson/Motherdear
    
    Cicely Tyson
  - Robert Richardson
    
    Blair Underwood
  - Junius Johnson
    
    James Earl Jones
  - Mrs Canfield
    
    Sally Kirkland
  - Roxie Turpin
    
    Margaret Avery
  - Clifford Turpin
    
    Vondie Curtis Hall
  - J T Turpin
    
    Glenn Plummer
  - cast member
    
    David Strathairn
  - cast member
    
    Robert Hooks
  - cast member
    
    Adam Arkin
  - cast member
    
    Paris Vaughan
  - cast member
    
    Charlie Korsmo
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Kevin Hooks

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