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 earned that money, ten hours a day, seven days a week.

Gillespie:
Colored can't earn that kind of money [a few hundred dollars], boy. Hell, that's more than I earn in a month! Now where did you earn it?!

Tibbs:
Philadelphia.

Gillespie:
Mississippi?

Tibbs:
Pennsylvania.

Gillespie:
Now just what do you do up there in little old Pennsylvania to earn that kind of money?

Tibbs:
I'm a police officer.

[After checking Tibbs' wallet, Gillespie is silent for several moments; until now he didn't know his deputies had arrested another law enforcement officer.]

Gillespie:
Wood!

Wood:
[Enters the office] Yes, sir?

Gillespie:
Did you question this man before you brought him in?

Wood:
No, sir.

Gillespie:
Would you mind takin' a look at that?

[Wood checks Tibbs' wallet and finds his police identification. He puts the wallet back down, looking embarrassed.]

Gillespie:
Yeah! Oh, YEAH! Alright, now, I'll check on this wise city boy from Philadelphia; you take 'im outside and hold 'im.

Tibbs:
May I suggest you call my chief rather than send a wire or anything, I mean, it would be quicker, and I'll pay for the call.

Gillespie:
You hear him? You hear him say he'll pay for the call? How much they pay you to do their police work?

Tibbs:
A hundred and sixty-two dollars, and thirty-nine cents per week.

Gillespie:
[Whistles] A hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents a week? Well, boy! Sam, you take him outside but treat him easy, because a man that makes a hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents a week, man, we do not want to ruffle him!

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