IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (FILM)

'''In the Heat of the Night''' is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern Black police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. It won the Academy Award for best picture in 1967.
In 2002 the United States Library of Congress deemed the original film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. The quote, "They call me ''Mister'' Tibbs!", was listed as #16 on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes, a list of top movie quotes.
The film was followed by two sequels, ''They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!'' in 1970, and ''The Organization'' in 1971. It also became the basis of a television series entitled ''In the Heat of the Night'', starring Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins, Alan Autry, David Hart, Anne-Marie Johnson and Hugh O'Connor.
Part of the movie was filmed in Sparta, Illinois, where many of the film's landmarks can still be seen.

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Synopsis

Cast

Awards

Wins

Nominations

See also

External links

Synopsis

When a wealthy man planning to build a factory in Sparta, Mississippi, is murdered, Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) is pressured to find his killer quickly. Northerner Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), passing through, is picked up at the train station with a substantial amount of money in his wallet. Gillespie jumps to the conclusion he has his (African-American) man, but is embarrassed to learn that Tibbs is a respected Philadelphia homicide detective who had been visiting his mother. After this racist treatment, Tibbs wants nothing more than to leave as quickly as possible, but the victim's widow (Lee Grant) is impressed by the detective's expertise and threatens to stop construction on the much-needed factory unless he leads the investigation. Gillespie then talks Tibbs' captain into lending his services.
Despite the rocky start to their relationship, they come to respect each other as they are forced to work together to solve the crime.

Cast

Actor	Role
Sidney Poitier	Detective Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger	Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates	Officer Sam Wood
Lee Grant	Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Larry Gates	Eric Endicott
James Patterson	Purdy ''(Delores' brother)''
William Schallert	Mayor Webb Schubert
Beah Richards	Mama Caleba ''(aka Mrs. Bellamy)''
Peter Whitney	Officer George Courtney
Kermit Murdock	H.E. Henderson ''(banker)''
Larry D. Mann	Watkins
Quentin Dean	Delores Purdy
Anthony James	Ralph Henshaw ''(diner counterman)''
Arthur Malet	Ted Ulam ''(mortician)''
Scott Wilson	Harvey Oberst'' (murder suspect)''
Eldon Quick	Charlie Hawthorne (photographer)

Awards

Wins

★ Academy Award for Best Picture

★ Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama

★ New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Picture

★ Academy Award for Best Actor - Rod Steiger

★ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama - Rod Steiger

★ Academy Award for Film Editing - Hal Ashby

★ Academy Award for Sound - Samuel Goldwyn Studios

★ Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - Stirling Silliphant

★ Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Stirling Silliphant

★ BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor - Rod Steiger

★ BAFTA UN Award - Norman Jewison

★ Edgar Award - Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Stirling Silliphant (Ball's book also received an Edgar, for Best First Novel)

Nominations

★ Academy Award for Directing - Norman Jewison

★ Academy Award for Sound Editing - James Richard

★ BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor - Sidney Poitier

★ BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source - Norman Jewison

★ Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - Norman Jewison

★ Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Director - Norman Jewison

★ Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama - Sidney Poitier

★ Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Lee Grant

★ Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Quentin Dean

★ Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Quincy Jones

★ Writers Guild of America for Best Written American Drama - Stirling Silliphant

See also

★ Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

External links

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