In the Heat of the Night

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American film crime drama film film

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American crime drama film starring Sidney Poitier as a Black detective investigating a murder in a racially tense Southern town, noted for its powerful exploration of racism and social justice.

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In the Heat of the Night (TV series) 3
In the Heat of the Night (novel) publication in 1965 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor (Rod Steiger)

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
basedOn In the Heat of the Night (novel) ⓘ
basedOnAuthor John Ball ⓘ
character Bill Gillespie ⓘ
Virgil Tibbs ⓘ
cinematographyBy Haskell Wexler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Norman Jewison ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Hal Ashby ⓘ
filmRating Not Rated (original U.S. release) ⓘ
followedBy The Organization (film) ⓘ
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (film) ⓘ
follows In the Heat of the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: In the Heat of the Night (novel) publication in 1965
genre crime ⓘ
drama ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
musicBy Quincy Jones ⓘ
notableFor depiction of a Black detective confronting racism in the American South ⓘ
notableQuote They call me Mister Tibbs! ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Rod Steiger as Bill Gillespie ⓘ
Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs ⓘ
producer Walter Mirisch ⓘ
productionCompany The Mirisch Company ⓘ
surface form: The Mirisch Corporation
recognizedAs classic of American cinema ⓘ
releaseDate 1967-08-02 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear 1967 ⓘ
runningTime 109 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Stirling Silliphant ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
settingLocation Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) ⓘ
spawned In the Heat of the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
starring Lee Grant ⓘ
Rod Steiger ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Warren Oates ⓘ
theme racial tension in the American South ⓘ
racism ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
titleSongPerformer Ray Charles ⓘ

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Hal Ashby → awardReceivedFor → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
Carroll O’Connor → characterIn → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Haskell Wexler → cinematography → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
Norman Jewison → directed → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
Hal Ashby → edited → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
In the Heat of the Night → follows → In the Heat of the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: In the Heat of the Night (novel) publication in 1965
Carroll O’Connor → notableWork → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Haskell Wexler → notableWork → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
Norman Jewison → notableWork → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
Rod Steiger → notableWork → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
Warren Oates → notableWork → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
Rod Steiger → portrayedIn → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
United Artists → produced → In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
In the Heat of the Night → spawned → In the Heat of the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: In the Heat of the Night (TV series)