In The Heat Of The Night (Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger)

[StraxStrax]

So good, one of my fav. movies

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 mystery film based on the John Ball novel of the same name published in 1965, which tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It stars Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates, music by Quincy Jones and was directed by Norman Jewison.

 

[Conscious Pilot]

I remember my dad always watching the show (80/90s?) When I was younger

 

[StraxStrax]

I never seen the show, did he stay in racist town for awhile solving cases or did he find a new town every week or what?

 

[Methodical]

Great movie.

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

Racial movies back in the day.