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In the Heat of the Night

1967 16+ 1 hour 50 min.

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They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

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Oscar

1968

Best movie

Best editing

Best adapted screenplay

Best sound

Best actor

Rod Steiger

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Golden Globes

1968

Best screenplay

Best film (drama)

Best actor (drama)

Rod Steiger

bafta

British Film Academy

1968

United nations prize

Best foreign actor

Rod Steiger

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Country:

USA

Genres:

Drama Crime Detective Arthouse

Properties:

realistic complex dramatic sentimental slow ambiguous

Director:

Norman Jewison

Writers:

Stirling Silliphant John Dudley Ball

Producer:

Walter Mirisch

Camerman:

Haskell Wexler

Music:

Quincy Jones

Studios:

United Artists The Mirisch Company

Premiere: 02 August 1967

Budget:$2 000 000

Competitions:

Oscar

1968

	Best movie
	Best editing
	Best adapted screenplay
	Best sound
	Best actor Rod Steiger

NOMINATIONS

Best sound effects

Best director

Norman Jewison

Golden Globes

1968

	Best screenplay
	Best film (drama)
	Best actor (drama) Rod Steiger

NOMINATIONS

Best director

Norman Jewison

Best supporting actress

Lee Grant

Best actor (drama)

Sidney Poitier

Best supporting actress

Quentin Dean

British Film Academy

1968

	United nations prize
	Best foreign actor Rod Steiger

NOMINATIONS

Best movie

Best foreign actor

Sidney Poitier

Collections:

Greatest Movie Candidates #1664
Foreign cinema
Cinema art

Tags:

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