In The Heat Of The Night
Winner of five Oscars including Best Picture. Rod Steiger stars as a red neck sheriff who grudgingly accepts help from Sidney Poitier, a black big city detective.
Year: 1967
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Thrillers & Suspense, Academy Award - Best Picture, NYFCC Awards - Best Film, Best of the 1960s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Golden Globe - Drama, Black Civil Rights, Racial Intolerance
Country: USA
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Duration: 109 Minutes
Rating: M
8/10
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