Sunday, May 26, 2024

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)






















Directed by: Norman Jewison
Based on the novel by: John Ball
Starring: Sidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesLee GrantLarry GatesJames PattersonWilliam SchallertBeah RichardsPeter WhitneyKermit MurdockLarry D. MannMatt ClarkArthur MaletFred StewartQuentin DeanScott WilsonTimothy ScottWilliam C. WatsonEldon QuickStuart NisbetKhalil BezaleelPeter MastersonJester HairstonPhil AdamsNikita KnatzSam ReeseAnthony JamesClegg HoytAlan OppenheimerBuzz Barton

110 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
Detective Virgil Tibbs is caught up in the racial tension of the US South when he is arrested after the murder of a prominent businessman. Tibbs was simply waiting for his next train at the station in Sparta, Mississippi and the confusion is soon resolved but when local police chief Gillespie learns that Tibbs is the Philadelphia PD's number one homicide expert, he reluctantly asks for his assistance. The murdered man, Mr. Colbert, had come to Sparta from the North to build a new factory and his wife and business associates immediately point the finger at Endicott, the most powerful man in the county and the one who had the most to lose if a major new employer comes to the area. Tibbs' life is clearly in danger but he perseveres in a highly charged and racially explosive environment until the killer is found.

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