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In the Heat of the Night
File:67a.jpg
original movie poster
Directed byNorman Jewison
Written byJohn Ball (novel)
Stirling Silliphant (screenplay)
Produced byWalter Mirisch
StarringSidney Poitier
Rod Steiger
Lee Grant
CinematographyHaskell Wexler
Edited byHal Ashby
Music byQuincy Jones
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
August 2, 1967
Running time
109 min.
LanguageEnglish

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern African-American police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi.

In 2002 the United States Library of Congress deemed the original film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. The quote, "They call me Mister Tibbs!," was listed as #16 on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes, a list of top movie quotes.

The movie would later become the basis of a television series entitled In the Heat of the Night, starring Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins, Alan Autry, David Hart, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Hugh O'Connor.

Part of the movie was filmed in Sparta, Illinois, where many of the film's landmarks can still be seen.

Synopsis

Template:Spoiler When a wealthy man planning to build a factory in Sparta, Mississippi, is murdered, Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) is pressured to find his killer quickly. Northerner Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), passing through, is picked up at the train station with a substantial amount of money in his wallet. Gillespie jumps to the conclusion he has his (African-American) man, but is embarrassed to learn that Tibbs is a respected Philadelphia homicide detective who had been visiting his mother. After this racist treatment, Tibbs wants nothing more than to leave as quickly as possible, but the victim's widow (Lee Grant) is impressed by the detective's expertise and threatens to stop construction on the much-needed factory unless he leads the investigation. Gillespie then talks Tibbs' captain into lending his services.

Despite the rocky start to their relationship, they come to respect each other as they are forced to work together to solve the crime. Template:Endspoiler

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Sequels

In the Heat of the Night was followed by two sequels, They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! in 1970, and The Organization in 1971.

See also

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