In the Heat of the Night

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.

Director: Norman Jewison

Cast:Sidney Poitier , Rod Steiger , Warren Oates , Lee Grant , Larry Gates , James Patterson , William Schallert , Beah Richards , Peter Whitney , Kermit Murdock , Larry D. Mann , Matt Clark , Arthur Malet , Fred Stewart , Quentin Dean , Scott Wilson , Timothy Scott , William Watson