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Heat Wave Full Cast & Crew

1990Movie"The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero."

Cast

C
Cicely Tyson
as Ruthana Richardson
B
Blair Underwood
as Bob Richardson
S
Sally Kirkland
as Mrs. Canfield
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
as Junius Johnson
M
Margaret Avery
as Roxie Turpin
D
David Strathairn
as Bill Thomas
G
Glenn Plummer
as J.T. Turpin
V
Vondie Curtis-Hall
as Clifford Turpin
P
Paris Vaughan
as Lada
H
Harold Pruett
as John Riggs
A
Adam Arkin
as Art Berman
R
Robert Hooks
as Reverend Brooks
M
Michael Greene
as Mr. Canfield
C
Charlie Korsmo
as Jason (age 12)
T
T.E. Russell
as Dominique Freeman
S
Stephanie Covington
as Florence Blake
J
Janice McElroy
as Rachel Freeman
C
Christopher M. Brown
as Reggie Freeman
E
Emily Yancy
as Guidance Counselor
R
Roger Grato III
as Jason (age 6)
M
Marilyn Coleman
as Cora
B
Bebe Drake
as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
M
Mark Rolston
as Officer Zekanis
R
Randy Kirby
as Lt. Keyes
P
Pepper Sweeney
as Spook Hunter

Crew

K
Klexius Kolby
Makeup Artist
K
Kevin Hooks
Director
R
Robi Reed
Casting
K
Kathleen M. McKernin
Art Direction
J
Jane Prosnit
Production Coordinator
M
Michael Lazarou
Writer
B
Brad R. Loman
Costume Design
D
Debra Neil-Fisher
Editor
L
Lyn Matsuda Norton
Script Supervisor
R
Russell Williams II
Sound mixer
M
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
K
Kevin Spears
Supervising Sound Editor
J
Jophery C. Brown
Stunt Coordinator
R
Richard Hoover
Production Design
D
Donna Stamps
Set Decoration
B
Barbara Amato
Script Supervisor
M
Michael Herbick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
D
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
T
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
R
Ron Horwitz
Supervising Sound Editor
G
George Budd
Music Editor
D
Danny Feld
Still Photographer
J
Jeffrey J. Haboush
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
A
Albert Aquino
Boom Operator
D
Doug Coleman
Stunts
S
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Executive Producer