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1. In the Heat of the Night. 1967 1h 50m Approved. 7.9 (84K) Rate. 76 Metascore. A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
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One of these films, The Defiant Ones (1958), earned Poitier his first Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. Five years later, he won the Oscar for Lilies of the Field (1963), the first African American to win for a leading role. He remained active on stage and screen as well as in the burgeoning Civil Rights movement.
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Reverend Msimangu (Sidney Poitier) is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
6 days ago · Sidney Poitier Movies Ranked. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner celebrates its 55th anniversary! We celebrate the life and career of Sidney Poitier, who rose along the civil rights movement to...
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”...
- 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.
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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier's 20 most notable films. The barrier-breaking actor, who died Friday at 94, had a career that spanned decades and genres.
