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Heat Wave

6.819901h 40mMovieHistoryDramaTV Movie

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

DirectorKevin Hooks
WriterMichael Lazarou
ProducerSigurjón Sighvatsson

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Cast · Directed by Kevin Hooks

CTCicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Ruthana Richardson
BUBlair Underwood
Blair Underwood
Bob Richardson
SKSally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland
Mrs. Canfield
JJJames Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Junius Johnson
MAMargaret Avery
Margaret Avery
Roxie Turpin
DSDavid Strathairn
David Strathairn
Bill Thomas
GPGlenn Plummer
Glenn Plummer
J.T. Turpin
VCVondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Clifford Turpin
PVParis Vaughan
Paris Vaughan
Lada
HPHarold Pruett
Harold Pruett
John Riggs
AAAdam Arkin
Adam Arkin
Art Berman
RHRobert Hooks
Robert Hooks
Reverend Brooks

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