In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Sidney Poitier
Det. Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Officer Sam Wood
Lee Grant
Mrs. Colbert
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
Anthony James
Ralph
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Peter Whitney
Courtney
Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Norman Jewison
Director
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
Stirling Silliphant
Writer
Matt Clark
Packy
John Ball
Writer
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Arthur Malet
Ulam
Quincy Jones
Composer
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
Haskell Wexler
Cinematographer
Hal Ashby
Editor
Timothy Scott
Shagbag
Lynn Stalmaster
CastingDirector
William Watson
McNeil
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
Stuart Nisbet
Shuie
Khalil Bezaleel
Jess
Peter Masterson
Fryer
Phil Adams
1st Tough
Nikita Knatz
2nd Tough
Sam Reese
Clerk
Jack Teter
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt
Deputy (uncredited)
Buzz Barton
Conductor (uncredited)
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Don Stott
Gaffer
Ralph Gerling
Camera Operator
Meta Rebner
Script Supervisor
Ray Charles
Vocals
Howard Joslin
Unit Production Manager
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
Assistant Editor
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Walter Goss
Sound
Morris Rosen
Grip
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Ross A. Maehl
Gaffer
Newt Arnold
Second Assistant Director
Terry Morse Jr.
First Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 2, 1967
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$27,379,978
Genres
Wiki.
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the 1965 novel of the same name by John Ball.
Released by United Artists in August 1967, the film was a widespread critical and commercial success. At the 40th Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Rod Steiger. Quincy Jones' score, featuring a title song performed by Ray Charles, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The success of the film spawned two film sequels featuring Poitier, and a television series of the same name, which aired from 1988 to 1995.
In the Heat of the Night is widely-considered one of the most important American films of the 1960s. The quote "They call me Mister Tibbs!" was listed as number 16 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes, a list of top film quotes. The film also appears on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies, a list of the 100 greatest movies in American cinema. In 2002, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".