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In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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| Movie | In the Heat of the Night |
| Real Name | N/a |
| Rating | 7.6 |
| Duration | 109 Min |
| Aired | 1967-08-02 |
| Languages | English |
| Subtitle | N/a |
| Quality | Bluray |
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Sources
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Tags
Small townSouthern usaBlack peoplePolice chiefStolen moneyRacial segregationRacistMurderYouth gangWhodunitPovertyFalse accusationsPolice stationRacial tensionAutopsy roomRed herringRailroad stationWhite supremacistsNymphetteBigotDeep southCotton plantationSouthern small townRumbleIllegal abortionistPetty thiefJumping to conclusionsPreserved film
Directors
Norman Jewison
Stars
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant, Anthony James
Writers
Stirling Silliphant
Companies
United Artists, The Mirisch Company
Taglines
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
Description
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Review
Author: GenerationofSwine
I have a love/hate thing for how this ended. It looked good but it was too dark... visually. I think they were going for a source lighting thing and failed a bit. It was realistically dark but not Hollywood viewer in mind dark.
Anyway the bad is out of the way, the good is the performance, it was really Oscar worthy in the truest sense, and the evolution of both the lead character and the supporting cast right down to the town around him was legendary. Subtle, but legendary.
It even had a sense of humor, little jokes in it that were probably added to break the tension, but added in a way that you have to look for them so it doesn't break.
Start to finish it is brilliant.