In The Heat of the Night (12A)

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Now one of the great lines in film history, ‘They call me Mr Tibbs!’ announced the arrival of Poitier’s detective to Rod Steiger’s racist Mississippi sheriff. They find themselves forced to work together on a potentially incendiary murder case following the murder of a wealthy industrialist. Winner of the Best Picture Oscar, this police drama cemented Poitier’s legacy as a Black cinema icon and remains as electrifying today as it was when it was first released. With a score by the late, great Quincy Jones, “Poitier and Steiger have the explosive menace of hand grenades -- and Jewison knows just when to pull out the pins.” London Evening Standard.
USA 1967 110 mins Dir: Norman Jewison
Tuesday 4th February