In the heat of the night [videorecording] / United Artists ; produced by Walter Mirisch ; directed by Norman Jewison ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant.
Summary:
A black cop from Philadelphia is accused of killing a Mississippi town's most prominent citizen. After he proves himself innocent, he is coerced by the red-neck chief of police into helping solve the murder.
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