Review of In the Heat of the Night (1967) by Derek D — 29 Apr 2009
Sidney Poitier portrays a black Philly detective who just happens to be passing through Sparta, Mississippi when he gets arrested for a murder that happened less than an hour earlier; all because he happens to be black and staying over in a racist southern town.
When he convinces the local police he didn't do it, he is then asked to stay and help solve the murder. But through it all, Rod Steiger's sheriff Gillespie has reservations and is constantly trying to get him to leave town so the local all-white police department can solve the case.
The fact that a black police detective was so much better than a group of white police officers at solving crimes was only part of the reason this movie was so successful. Racial tensions were still simmering over in some places and this movie only portrayed those, especially with the acting talents of Academy Award winners Poitier and Steiger.
And this film was 1,000 times better than that puke television show. Ugh!
This review of In the Heat of the Night (1967) was written by Derek D on 29 Apr 2009.
In the Heat of the Night has generally received very positive reviews.
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