Title: In the Heat of the Night (40th Ann. Ed.)
Version: In the Heat of Night
Released in: 1967
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cast Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Director: Norman Jewison
Plot: A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
Version: In the Heat of Night
Released in: 1967
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cast Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Director: Norman Jewison
Plot: A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.