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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 27 Feb 2001

Poitier and Steiger have such strong chemistry together and they act so well in their respective roles that their relationship comes alive…

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By Pauline Kael (368) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 25 Aug 2000

A decent piece of do-good cinema...Director Norman Jewison stages their confrontations for effectively flashy, immediate effects, though he…

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By Tim Dirks (207) for Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films (207) on 01 Jan 2000

In the Heat of the Night (1967) is a tense whodunit detective story thriller that is set in the little town of Sparta, Mississippi during a hot summer…

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By William Thomas (198) for Empire (3,446) on 24 Mar 1993

The twist-filled storyline, which digs up nasty secrets all over the show and offers a satisfying range of suspicious suspects and a truly…

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By A.d. Murphy (21) for Variety (12,700) on 12 Sep 1982

An excellent Sidney Poitier performance, and an outstanding one by Rod Steiger, overcome some noteworthy flaws to make In The Heat of the Night…

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By Bosley Crowther (448) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Aug 1981

But here Norman Jewison has taken a hard, outspoken script, prepared by Stirling Silliphant from an undistinguished novel by John Ball, and,…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 07 May 1980

Yes, it’s a thriller with a murder mystery at the heart of it…

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By Mark Harris (6) for Slate (2,081) on 01 Apr 1975

Steiger got the best actor Oscar for his masterful, Method deep-dive portrayal of Gillespie, a man just smart enough to know he's neither as…

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By Wanda Hale (8) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 24 Mar 1973

It’s a pleasure, all too rare, to watch two splendid actors pitted against each other with equal force such as Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger…

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