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    In the Heat of the Night

    1967 · Mystery · 1h 49m

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  1. In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi.

  2. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT is a well-crafted murder mystery with a twist. Sidney Poitier is a big city detective wrongfully arrested by a racist small police detachment after the brutal murder of the town's would-be financial savior.

    • (84K)
    • Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    • Norman Jewison
    • 1967-08-02
  3. African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of...

    • (90)
    • Sidney Poitier
    • Norman Jewison
    • Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
  4. A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.

    • Norman Jewison, Newt Arnold, Terry Morse Jr.
    • Sidney Poitier
  5. In the Heat of the Night (1967) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  6. Winner of five Academy Awards, including for best picture, In the Heat of the Night is one of the most enduring Hollywood films of the civil rights era. Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case.

  7. Nov 20, 2020 · A discussion of the groundbreaking 1967 crime drama, In the Heat of the Night. - - - - - - More on the film: For all film fans, I highly recommend Mark Harris's excellent Pictures at a...

    • 29 min
    • 65K
    • Aaron Hunter
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