Probably Norman Jewison's best picture.
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10/31/07
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
97 %
Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 28 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus:
Tense, funny, and thought-provoking all at once, and lifted by strong performances from Sydney Poitier and Rod Steiger, director Norman Jewison's look at murder and racism in small-town America continues to resonate today.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis: A black Philadelphia detective becomes involved in a murder case in a small, bigoted southern town, much to the chagrin of the local, redneck police chief. An excellent production, adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's novel. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Quentin Dean
Director: Norman Jewison
Producer: Walter Mirisch
Screenwriter: Stirling Silliphant
Composer: Quincy Jones
Producer: Walter Mirisch
Screenwriter: Stirling Silliphant
Composer: Quincy Jones
Reviews
Top Critic
The cleverness of Silliphant's script is in combining the investigation of a murder with a message film.
10/31/07
Top Critic
Oozes sufficient Southern sweat and features enough admirably crumpled character faces to make up for its over-strident liberal rhetoric.
02/09/06
Top Critic
far -- far -- more interested in racial politics than criminal capers, and it's Tibbs' interactions with the local yokels that make the film so memorable
02/28/08
An excellent Sidney Poitier performance, and an outstanding one by Rod Steiger, overcome some noteworthy flaws to make In The Heat of the Night an absorbing contemporary murder drama.
02/19/08
Top Critic Top Critic
Rod Steiger delivers an engaging performance as a bigoted police chief who comes to trust a strong black homicide detective.
11/21/06
Jewison's proficient but unexciting drama is a message film in the guise of a small-town murder mystery, propagating interracial friendship (and co-existence) between blacks and white.
07/25/06
A film that has the look and sound of actuality and the pounding pulse of truth.
05/20/03
Top Critic
Age hasn't done much for Norman Jewison's In the Heat of the Night.
01/10/03
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