Review of In the Heat of the Night (1967) by Peter S — 30 Mar 2015
A nice, unassuming detective story where the course of the investigation is slightly meshed up with the racism issues. A cool-headed black homicide expert (Sidney Poitier) gets arrested in one of the Southern states for alleged murder (but, as it turns out, basically, for being black) and is kept in the police precinct until he shows his badge.
As he informs his superior that he is apparently late, the latter suggests that Sidney stays on in the city to help local police investigate the crime. And so he does regardless of the chilly welcome he receives there.
After proving the innocence of three erroneously jailed people and finding the real killer among the least suspected, he gains respect and appreciation of the sheriff who, in the beginning of the film hardly took him for a human being.
This review of In the Heat of the Night (1967) was written by Peter S on 30 Mar 2015.
In the Heat of the Night has generally received very positive reviews.
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