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The wonderful Sidney Poitier made his fim debut auspiciously in the 1950 Joe Mankiewicz drama, No Way Out. At 23 years old, Mr. Poitier showed acting brillliance beyond his years. This brilliance continued over a 50 year film career. Sid Poitier has always had a quiet dignity and elegance and his performances have been consistently excellent. This list was a labor of joy and is meant as a ...
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- In the Heat of the Night. Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates. 158 votes. In the 1967 drama In the Heat of the Night, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black police detective from Philadelphia, becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a racially hostile southern town.
- Lilies of the Field. Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann. 142 votes. When traveling African-American handyman Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) stops by a farm in rural Arizona, he is welcomed by a group of Roman Catholic nuns who have emigrated from Germany.
- To Sir, with Love. Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts. 170 votes. American Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) recently received his degree in engineering, but cannot find work.
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier. 143 votes. When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents.
8. Edge of the City. 19571h 25mApproved. 7.2 (3.6K) Rate. The growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk. Director Martin Ritt Stars John Cassavetes Sidney Poitier Jack Warden. 9. Something of Value. 19571h 53mApproved.
Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) Sidney Poitier. Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. Sidney had little formal education ...
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- No Way Out (1950) Poitier got his first Hollywood break playing the only Black intern in a white urban hospital who has to treat a racist criminal (Richard Widmark) in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's liberal message movie/film noir hybrid.
- Blackboard Jungle (1955) He's "a little brighter and a little smarter than the rest of those guys," teacher Glenn Ford observes of the teenaged delinquent Poitier plays in this breakthrough hit (no wonder — he was 28!).
- Edge of the City (1957) All but forgotten now, Martin Ritt's early film was called "a milestone in the screen presentation of an American Negro" by Variety.
- The Defiant Ones (1958) Acting opposite Tony Curtis, Poitier made history — not for the last time — by scoring a Best Actor Oscar nomination, the first ever for a Black man, in Stanley Kramer's tight, energetic thriller about two escaped convicts on the run who, shackled together at the wrists, need to trust and help each other in order to survive.
Jan 7, 2022 · Jan. 7, 2022. Sidney Poitier has died at age 94. A perennial Oscar nominee in the 1960s, Poitier became a movie star at a time when Hollywood tended to relegate Black actors to roles as...
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Feb 17, 2024 · Poitier won the Golden Globe for “Lilies,” competing again for “The Defiant Ones,” “Porgy and Bess” (1959), “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961), “A Patch of Blue” (1965) and “In the Heat of the Night”...
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