"In the Heat of the Night" is the story of a black detective who comes to work in the small town of Sparta, Mississippi quite by coincidence. He is profiled as a murderer by the small town police because he is black. However, when Chief Gillespie (Rod Steiger) finds out that this black man is the head of Philadelphia homicide, he drafts him, reluctantly, to help solve the murder. Virgil Tibbs is played by Sidney Poitier, and this is one of the best scenes in the movie. Virgil has examined the crime, and determined Gillespie has the wrong man for the murder. As Gillespie exits his office, Tibbs brings his concerns to Gillespie, and Gillespie takes it none too well. What follows is one of the greatest scenes in film history and one of the most famous lines uttered in cinema. "In the Heat of the Night" is a classic, and won the 1967 Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Enjoy!
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