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In the Heat of the Night(Movie, 1967)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 49min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In the Heat of the NightRating: 3.8/5 (with 436436 votes)
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name. Released by United Artists in August 1967, the film was a widespread critical and commercial success. At the 40th Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Rod Steiger. Quincy Jones' score, featuring a title song performed by Ray Charles, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The success of the film spawned two film sequels featuring Poitier, and a television series of the same name, which aired from 1988 to 1... ()
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Awards & Nominations for In the Heat of the Night

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About In the Heat of the Night

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Mississippi
Based on the work of: John Ball ("In the Heat of the Night")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 24 languages: Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/22/1968 (World premiere: 08/02/1967)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Al calor de la noche"
"Dans la chaleur de la nuit"
"Среднощна жега"
"No Calor da Noite"
"恶夜追缉令"
"月黑风急杀人夜"
"In der Hitze der Nacht"
"En el Calor de la Noche"
"Istoria enos eglimatos"
"밤의 열기 속에서"
"밤의 열기 속으로"
"De Nacht van Inspecteur Tibbs"
"Natten var het"
"W upalna noc"
"In caldura noptii"
"U vrelini noći"
"У врелини ноћи"
"Душной южной ночью"
"Gecenin sicaginda"
"Опівнічна жара"

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