In The Heat Of The Night 1967 Posters вђ The Movie Database Tmdb In the heat of the night is a 1967 american 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. 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.
In The Heat Of The Night 1967 Little White Lies 1967 · 1 hr 51 min. tv ma. drama · crime · mystery. while traveling in the deep south, a black philadelphian homicide detective becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. subtitles: english. starring: sidney poitier rod steiger warren oates larry gates lee grant james patterson beah richards. directed by: norman jewison. As the smalltown southern sheriff gillespie in in the heat of the night (1967), steiger embodied all the prejudices and suspicions of a racist. when a black northern lawyer, played by sidney poitier, arrives on the crime scene, gillespie is forced to recognize his fellow man as an equal despite skin color. Philip colbert, a wealthy man from chicago who was planning to build a factory in the rural town of sparta, mississippi, is found murdered. police chief bill gillespie (rod steiger) comes under pressure to quickly find colbert's killer. african american northerner virgil tibbs (sidney poitier), passing through, is picked up at the train station. A classic film of the civil rights era, starring sidney poitier and rod steiger as a black detective and a racist sheriff in mississippi. watch the trailer, interviews, commentary, and more on this blu ray edition.
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