IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) | Autopsy Scene | MGM

A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.

In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
Directed By: Norman Jewison
Screenplay By: Stirling Silliphant
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
This film is Not Rated
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[jamesdrynan]

An Oscar for Steiger and the film. Brilliant direction by Jewison. Poitier and Steiger are exceptional as adversaries.

[msjoanofthearc]

Brilliant acting and casting, SUPERB!

[Robert-vwod]

57 years after this film was made it is still as brilliant

[ozymandiasultor]

Oh, this is an incredible movie... The development of characters is very well done, those who make movies today can learn how the filmmaker made that chief of police that was racist and a bigot turn and saw how wrong he is about that black detective, and on the other side, the black detective has also an interesting development, seeing that his own prejudices were stopping him from seeing the real picture and finding the murderer. Classic, a movie that any cinephile should see at least once.

[michaelsalcau]

Man, what a perfect movie ! Even the nails in the walls deserved on Oscar !

[Warpedsmac]

Gillespie, for all his faults up to this point and many more later, always deferred to V.Tibbs and saved his life routinely!!!

[paulmcc]

Sydney is and was one of my favorite actors. The lilies of the Field was my all-time favorite movie

[kenpie]

Epic movie, covers the social divide brilliantly 👏

[TheAustinWoolShow]

I love the doctor being amazed that a black man could be so intelligent. It's little touches like that that make this film a timeless masterpiece.

[joseyeastwood]

The look on that red necks face when Tibbs tried to give him the jacket to hold, which was definitely a test to see if he would and of course he failed 😂

[tobycleo]

gentle hands of sidney aahhh soothing

[riversong]

I always thought Mr Poitier had doctor's hands. A compliment, not a criticism.

[joline]

If you've never seen this then go watch ‼️ Fantastic classic 💯 and this excerpt is the BEST bit in the whole film: "I'm a Police Officer"

[harrydebastardeharris]

The Irony of the two protagonists of this film, that for a young white person outside of America in the 60’s, put into focus the white attitude down in the southern states of America towards people of colour.
Poitier and Steiger were brilliant.

[cva]

Landmark film in American history. Somethings changing in the land, much for the better, but it hits people hard, some more than others.

If you want to understand the impact on race in the US, this is a must see.

"I am a police officer"
"They call me Mr Tibbs"

Simple, mundane statements that land with huge emotional force due to context. The writing, the acting - it's just phenomenal.

[randolphstephenson]

Sidney Poitier. He really is SIR Sidney Poitier. Ergo. To Sir with 💕 Love. From all of his fans🙏

[henrimatisse]

another amazing scene in that watershed film of "the transfer of power" all based on calm reason

[doug]

Which will one of you gentlemen will assist me ? Those southern boys are in shock. LOL

[brianallsopp]

The only other actor who vould have played Gillespie was Brando, , or Gene Hackman...( i read somewhere Brando turned it down), ,,

[DRAGNET-pnvf]

THE GUM CHEWING WAS A SIMPLE BUT SMART MOVE FOR ROD STEIGER'S CHARACTER.🤔👍