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In the heat of the night
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The work In the heat of the night represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource In the heat of the night
Label
In the heat of the night
Statement of responsibility
the Mirisch Corporation presents the Norman Jewison/Walter Mirisch production ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Walter Mirisch ; directed by Norman Jewison
Contributor
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
  • Mirisch, Walter
  • Jones, Quincy, 1933-
  • Oates, Warren, 1928-1982
  • Jewison, Norman, 1926-
  • Poitier, Sidney
  • Grant, Lee, 1927-
  • Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996
  • Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002
  • Ball, John Dudley, 1911-1988
  • Wexler, Haskell
  • Ashby, Hal
  • Mirisch Corporation
Actor
  • Grant, Lee, 1927-
  • Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002
  • Poitier, Sidney
  • Oates, Warren, 1928-1982
Composer
  • Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Director of photography
  • Wexler, Haskell
Editor of moving image work
  • Ashby, Hal
Film director
  • Jewison, Norman, 1926-
Film producer
  • Mirisch, Walter
Presenter
  • Mirisch Corporation
Production company
  • Mirisch Corporation
Publisher
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Screenwriter
  • Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996
Subject
  • Mississippi -- Race relations -- Drama
  • Racism against Black people -- Mississippi | Sparta -- Drama
  • Video recordings
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • African American detectives -- Drama
  • Crime films
  • Detective and mystery films
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Homicide investigation -- Mississippi | Sparta -- Drama
  • Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Genre
  • Video recordings
  • Crime films
  • Melodramas (Motion pictures)
  • Detective and mystery films
  • Fiction films
  • Feature films
  • Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case. He forms an uneasy alliance with the bigoted police chief (Rod Steiger), who faces mounting pressure from Sparta's hostile citizens to catch the killer and run the African American interloper out of town
Member of
  • In the heat of the night (Motion picture)
  • Criterion collection, 959
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; editor, Hal Ashby ; music, Quincy Jones
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
Language note
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.I5 2019
PerformerNote
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson
Runtime
110
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
959
Technique
live action

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