
In the Heat of the Night 55th Anniversary presented by TCM
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Synopsis
Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies, Park Circus and MGM are bringing In the Heat of the Night to select cinemas on October 17 & 19, including exclusive insights from TCM. While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black Philadelphian homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigation of a prominent businessman. Finding the killer, however, proves difficult when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the bigoted town sheriff (Rod Steiger). But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race against time to discover the shocking truth.
Cast
- Sidney Poitier
- Rod Steiger
- Warren Oates
- Quentin Dean
- James Patterson
- William Schallert
- Lee Grant
- Scott Wilson
- Matt Clark
- Anthony James
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Metacritic
Jan 23, 2014
Though the film portrays the racism of the South as institutional and inescapable, it’s a little too eager to offer glimmers of hope with increasing frequency as the film nears its end and Tibbs and Gillespie come to understand each other better.

Keith Phipps
The Dissolve
The sheer tactlessness of its racial confrontation has a forthright quality and a not entirely intentional documentary realism, especially in the scenes shot on location in Sparta, Illinois (standing in for a fictional Mississippi town).

Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
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