Main Cast: Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Margaret Avery
Release Year: 1990
Country: US
Run Time: 92 minutes
Plot
Set during the Watts riots of the mid-'60s, the made-for-cable Heat Wave follows the story of Los Angeles Times reporter Robert Richardson (Blair Underwood), who was the only journalist on staff able to cover the story, since White reporters were unable to gain access to the area and the rioters. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Vondie Curtis-Hall - Clifford Turpin; Adam Arkin - Art Berman; Cliff Bemis - Site Foreman; Christopher M. Brown - Reggie Freeman; Michael Francis Clarke - Patrolman 2; Betty Cole - Elderly Woman; Stephanie Covington - Florence Blake; Michael Greene - Mr. Canfield; Robert Hooks; Randy Kirby - Lt. Keyes; Charlie Korsmo - Jason (age 12); Kevin McDermott - Jack Gaunt; Michael Milhoan - Patrolman 1; Glenn Plummer - J.T. Turpin; Herman Poppe - Veteran Cop; Clifton Powell - Rioter 1; Harold Pruett; Mark Rolston - Officer Zenakis; Shavar Ross - Youth at Rally; T.E. Russell - Dominique Freeman; David Strathairn - Bill; Emily Yancy - Guidance Counselor; Tim Hutchinson - Detractor; Alan Johnson - Victor Denby; Paris Vaughan - Lada; Shelly Lipkin - Interviewer; Jeannette Kerner - Secretary; Erik Kilpatrick - Rioter 2; Bebe Drake - Winnie
Credit
Brad Loman - Costume Designer, Kevin Hooks - Director, Debra Neil - Editor, Thomas Newman - Composer (Music Score), Richard Hoover - Production Designer, Mark Irwin - Cinematographer, Jordan Kerner - Producer, Thomas Newman - Producer
