13 Aug 1990
Heat Wave
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Internal Affairs
Trust him... he's a cop.
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.
Top Billed Cast
Richard Gere Dennis Peck
Andy Garcia Raymond Avila
Laurie Metcalf Amy Wallace
Nancy Travis Kathleen Avila
Elijah Wood Sean Stretch
Richard Bradford Grieb
William Baldwin Van Stretch
Michael Beach Dorian Fletcher
Faye Grant Penny Stretch
John Kapelos Steven Arrocas
Katherine Borowitz Tova Arrocas
Annabella Sciorra Heather Peck
Susan Forristal Lolly
Ron Vawter Jaegar
Xander Berkeley Rudy Mohr
John Capodice Chief Healy
Victoria Dillard Kee
Pamella D'Pella Cheryl
Allan Havey Judson
Lew Hopson Buster
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