In the Heat of the Night, Directed by Norman Jewison is a thoughtful moral drama, an enjoyable comedy, and a mystery thriller all rolled into one. It won five Oscars in 1967: Best Picture, Best Actor (Steiger), Best Screenplay (Stirling Silliphant), Best Editing (Hal Ashby), and Best Sound.
In the poor southern US town of Sparta a leading businessman is found dead apparently the victim of a street robbery. The murdered man was about to invest a substantial amount of money into the town and any delay in catching the killer might persuade his wife now in charge of the business to pull out. With this in mind a black man waiting late at night for a train at the railway station is arrested for the murder.
However that man turns out to be a P
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