IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1967
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Starring Academy Award® winners Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant, this provocative mystery thriller won five 1967 Oscars including Best Picture. Highlighted by an evocative score from Oscar®-winning composer Quincy Jones, In The Heat Of The Night is a 'powerful film' (The New York Times) that delivers the 'highest level of exciting entertainment' (New York Daily News)!; ; While traveling in the deep south, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigation of a prominent businessman when he is first accused of the crime - and then asked to solve it! Finding the killer proves to be difficult, however, especially when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the bigoted town Sheriff (Steiger). But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race against time to discover the shocking truth.
• Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Quentin Dean, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott, William Watson, Eldon Quick, Stuart Nisbet, Khalil Bezaleel, Peter Masterson, Jester Hairston, Phil Adams, Nikita Knatz, Sammy Reese, Anthony James, Buzz Barton, Philip Garris, Clegg Hoyt, Warren Kenner, Michael LeGlaire, Alan Oppenheimer, David Stinehart, Jack Teter, Norman Jewison, Stirling Silliphant, John Ball
• Director: Norman Jewison
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: The Mirisch Corporation, MGM Home Entertainment, United Artists
• Media Format: Movie