In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night1967

Director: Norman Jewison
Stars: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 109 minutes

Both riveting murder mystery and classic fish-out-of-water yarn, Norman Jewison's Oscar-winning In the Heat of the Night represents Hollywood at its wiliest, cloaking exposé in the most entertaining trappings. Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger pr… more »



Tibbs:
I'm going home, man.

Gillespie:
They're your people!

Tibbs:
Not mine! Yours! You made this scene.

Gillespie:
Look, you want me to beg you, is that it?

Tibbs:
Look, I've had your town- up to here!

Gillespie:
Boy, it would give me a world of satisfaction to horse whip you, Virgil.

Tibbs:
[laughing] My father used to say that. He even did a couple of times.

Gillespie:
Yeah, well, not enough to suit me! Now you listen to me. Just for once in my life I'm gonna hold my temper. I'm tellin' you you're gonna stay here. You're gonna stay here if I have to go inside and call your chief of police and have him remind you of what he told you to do. But I don't think I have to do that, you see? No. Because you're so damn smart. You're smarter than any white man. You're just gonna stay here and show us all. You've got such a big head that you could never live with yourself unless you could put us all to shame! You wanna know somethin', Virgil? I don't think that you could let an opportunity like that pass by.

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