In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- Director: Norman Jewison
- IMDb user rating: 7.9
- Metascore: 75
- Runtime: 110 minutes
Sidney Poitier stars in “The Heat of the Night” as Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs, who is sent to investigate a murder in a racially hostile small Mississippi town. The movie went on to win five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor. It was reimagined as an identically named crime drama CBS series, which aired for seven seasons from 1988 to 1995 and featured Howard Rollins as Virgil.
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