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Critics reviews. While on a trip back home in Mississippi, detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested for the murder of a prominent industrialist. His only crimes: being out late at night and being black. After some prodding by his boss, Tibbs joins forces with the bigoted town sheriff to catch the real killer.
Jan 27, 2024 · In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film about a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. Directed by Norman Jewison. Written by Stirling Silliphant, based on the 1965 John Ball novel. They call me Mister Tibbs! taglines.
In the Heat of the Night: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant. 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.
About this movie. Sidney Poitier, in one of his most-celebrated roles, appears as Virgil Tibbs, a Philadelphia homicide detective who, while visiting a small Mississippi town, will find himself falsely arrested for a murder and then, in a strained collaboration with the town's sheriff (Rod Steiger), stays on to help solve the murder.
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In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama movie directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball 's 1965 novel of the same name. It is about a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes part of a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger .
Jan 18, 2022 · The first Sidney Poitier film I ever saw was the Oscar-winning 1967 thriller “In The Heat of The Night,” about a Black detective from Philadelphia who gets waylaid in a Mississippi town and teams up with a reactionary white police chief (Rod Steiger) to solve a murder. I was 14 years old at the time.
