In the Heat of the Night
- This article is about the 1967 film. For the television series see In the Heat of the Night (TV)
| In the Heat of the Night | |
| Produced by | Walter Mirisch |
| Directed by | Norman Jewison |
| Written by | John Ball (novel) Stirling Silliphant (screenplay) |
| Starring | Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Lee Grant |
| Music by | Quincy Jones |
| Cinematography | Haskell Wexler |
| Editing | Hal Ashby |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date | August 2, 1967 |
| Runtime | 109 min. |
| Language | English |
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In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern US African-American police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in the American South.
In 2002 the United States Library of Congress deemed the original film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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Primary cast
- Sidney Poitier : Detective, Virgil Tibbs
- Rod Steiger : Police Chief, Bill Gillespie
- Warren Oates : Officer, Sam Wood
- Lee Grant : Mrs. Leslie Colbert
- Larry Gates : Eric Endicott
- James Patterson : Purdy
- William Schallert : Mayor, Webb Schubert
- Beah Richards : Mama Caleba (aka Mrs. Bellamy)
- Peter Whitney : Officer, George Courtney
- Kermit Murdock : H.E. Henderson (banker)
- Larry D. Mann : Watkins
- Quentin Dean : Delores Purdy
Award wins
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Picture
- Academy Award for Best Actor (Rod Steiger)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Rod Steiger)
- Academy Award for Film Editing (Hal Ashby)
- Academy Award for Sound (Samuel Goldwyn Studios)
- Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay (Stirling Silliphant)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay (Stirling Silliphant)
- BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor – Rod Steiger
- BAFTA UN Award – Norman Jewison
Award nominations
- Academy Award for Directing – Norman Jewison
- Academy Award for Sound Editing – James Richard
- BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor – Sidney Poitier
- BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source – Norman Jewison
- Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – Norman Jewison
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Director – Norman Jewison
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama – Sidney Poitier
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Lee Grant
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Quentin Dean
- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – Quincy Jones
- Writers Guild of America for Best Written American Drama – Stirling Silliphant
Sequels
In the Heat of the Night was followed by two sequels, They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! in 1970, and The Organization in 1971.