In the Heat of the Night

1967 • 110 minutter

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Sidney Poitier, in one of his most-celebrated roles, appears as Virgil Tibbs, a Philadelphia homicide detective who, while visiting a small Mississippi town, will find himself falsely arrested for a murder and then, in a strained collaboration with the town's sheriff (Rod Steiger), stays on to help solve the murder. Steiger's town is a backward "redneck" Southern burg whose population includes an aristocratic racist, the eccentric owner of a fly-infested diner, exceptionally stupid cops, young thugs who beat up "niggers" for the fun of it and a young woman who provocatively cools herself by standing nude at her window. When the murder is finally solved, Poitier and Steiger will part with reserve and distance, but with enormous respect for each other. Norman Jewison directed.

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a tense and gripping thriller with two outstanding central performances,, unfortunately its thought provoking social commentary is still as relevant today as when the film was first released

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This movie has two of the best performances ever given on screen in those of Rod Steiger and Sydney Poitier. Steiger demonstrates the prejudice of his town but then pressure from the victims widow he grows to see beyond color and swallowing his pride a asks for help from Philadelphia detective Poitier. Both men judge each other, are judged by outward appearance but then learn to respect and appreciate each other. A truly odd couple, the unlikely duo break from status quo and solve a mystery.