In the Heat of the Night
(1967)
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Synopsis
Best Picture winner about a black police detective from Philadelphia who forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a homicide investigation after a wealthy Chicago businessman is murdered in a small Mississippi town. The film spawned two sequels and a TV-drama.
Directors
Norman Jewison, Haskell Wexler, Quincy Jones, Hal Ashby, John Moio, Walter Goss, Charles Cooper, Lynn Stalmaster
Production year
1967
Rating
TV-14
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Runtime
109 minutes
Cast
Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Quentin Dean