The Best Picture of 1967 is…..”In the Heat of the Night,” a crime drama about an black Philadelphia homicide detective who is visiting his mother in a small town in Mississippi. While waiting at the train station, he is arrested for the murder of one of the town’s leading citizens. The police chief soon discovers that he is a fellow police officer, and releases him, and is drafted into helping the murder investigation.
Sidney Poitier does an outstanding job in the lead role; he is in the prime of his career at this time of his life. Rod Steiger is perfect as the police chief. Director Norman Jewison (“Fiddler on the Roof” 1971) was outstanding at the helm of this motion picture, with well-penned screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, adapted from the 1965 novel by John Ball. Co-stars include Lee Grant, Warren Oates, William Schallert, Larry Gates, James Patterson, Beah Richards, Quentin Dean, and Alan Oppenheimer in an uncredited role.
The film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five: Best Picture, Best Actor (Steiger), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. With a musical score composed by Quincy Jones, the watchable drama “In the Heat of the Night” was a hit at the box office for The Mirisch Corporation and United Artists. Two sequels followed: “They Call Me Mr. Tibbs” (1970) and “The Organization” (1971). A television series of the same name ran from 1988-1995, first on NBC and then on CBS.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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The Best Picture of 1967 is…..”In the Heat of the Night,” a crime drama about an black Philadelphia homicide detective who is visiting his mother in a small town in Mississippi. While waiting at the train station, he is arrested for the murder of one of the town’s leading citizens. The police chief soon discovers that he is a fellow police officer, and releases him, and is drafted into helping the murder investigation.
Sidney Poitier does an outstanding job in the lead role; he is in the prime of his career at this time of his life. Rod Steiger is perfect as the police chief. Director Norman Jewison (“Fiddler on the Roof” 1971) was outstanding at the helm of this motion picture, with well-penned screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, adapted from the 1965 novel by John Ball. Co-stars include Lee Grant, Warren Oates, William Schallert, Larry Gates, James Patterson, Beah Richards, Quentin Dean, and Alan Oppenheimer in an uncredited role.
The film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five: Best Picture, Best Actor (Steiger), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. With a musical score composed by Quincy Jones, the watchable drama “In the Heat of the Night” was a hit at the box office for The Mirisch Corporation and United Artists. Two sequels followed: “They Call Me Mr. Tibbs” (1970) and “The Organization” (1971). A television series of the same name ran from 1988-1995, first on NBC and then on CBS.