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Release Date: 1967

Cast: James Patterson, Warren Oates, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Larry D. Mann, Larry Gates, Timothy Scott, Arthur Malet, Peter Whitney, Peter Masterson, Matt Clark, Lee Grant ...MORE

Cast: James Patterson, Warren Oates, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Larry D. Mann, Larry Gates, Timothy Scott, Arthur Malet, Peter Whitney, Peter Masterson, Matt Clark, Lee Grant, Scott Wilson, Kermit Murdock, Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Phil Adams, Anthony James ...LESS

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In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 mystery film based on the John Ball novel In the Heat of the Night published in 1965, which tells the story of a black police detective from Philadelphia who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It starred Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates, and was directed by Norman Jewison. 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... MORE

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 mystery film based on the John Ball novel In the Heat of the Night published in 1965, which tells the story of a black police detective from Philadelphia who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It starred Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates, and was directed by Norman Jewison. 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. Although the film was set in the fictional Mississippi town of Sparta (with supposedly no connection to the real Sparta, Mississippi, an unincorporated community), part of the movie was filmed in Sparta, Illinois, where many of the film's landmarks can still be seen. The quote "They call me Mister Tibbs!" was listed as #16 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes, a list of top film quotes. Philip Colbert, a wealthy man from Chicago who was planning to LESS