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In the Heat of the Night
Original title
In the Heat of the Night
director
Norman Jewison
year
1967
Cast
Rod Steiger,Sidney Poitier,Warren Oates,Lee Grant,Quentin Dean,Larry Gates,William Schallert,Anthony James,Scott Wilson,Beah Richards
country
US
genre
drama
,
mystery
,
thriller
,
crime
plot
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.