In the Heat of the Night

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 U.S. African-American police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in the American South.

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1967 - Film - John Ball - 1965 - U.S. - African-American - Police detective - Racist - American South

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In 2002 the United States Library of Congress deemed the original film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. The quote, "They call me Mister Tibbs!," was listed as #16 on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes, a list of top movie quotes.

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2002 - Library of Congress - National Film Registry - American Film Institute - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes

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