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In the Heat of the Night

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1967 109 min

Rated
g
Norman Jewison
Stirling Silliphant (screenplay), John Ball (based on a novel by)
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates

Sidney Poitier, in one of his most-celebrated roles, appears as Virgil Tibbs, a Philadelphia homicide detective who, while visiting a small Mississippi town, finds 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. Winner of 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Steiger), and Best Editing (Hal Ashby, just prior to the start of his directing career).

1967
USA
English
109 min
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