In the Heat of the Night

Year: 1967
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
Directed By: Norman Jewison

A wealthy industrialist in a small Mississippi town is murdered. A black homicide expert is asked to help solve the murder, despite resentment on the part of the town's chief of police. Powerful script with underlying theme of racial prejudice is served well by taut direction and powerhouse performances. Poitier's memorable character Virgil Tibbs appeared in two more pictures, "They Call Me Mister Tibbs" and "The Organization."

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