| Heat Wave | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama History |
| Written by | Michael Lazarou |
| Directed by | Kevin Hooks |
| Starring | Cicely Tyson Blair Underwood James Earl Jones Margaret Avery David Strathairn Glenn Plummer Vondie Curtis-Hall Paris Vaughan Sally Kirkland |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner Steve Golin Sigurjón Sighvatsson |
| Producers | Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner |
| Production locations | Beverly Hills South Central Los Angeles |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Editor | Debra Neil |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Production companies | Propaganda Films Avnet/Kerner Productions The Kerner Entertainment Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | August 13, 1990 |
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Heat Wave is a 1990 American thriller-drama television film about the 1965 Los Angeles Watts Riots, directed by Kevin Hooks and starring Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, and David Strathairn.