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.
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
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