In the Heat of the Night (1967)
With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, James Patterson, Beah Richards, Larry Gates, Scott Wilson
Directed by Norman Jewison
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American Southern Gothic 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. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name.
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