peteg's blog - noise - movies - 2020 07 06 InTheHeatOfTheNight

In the Heat of the Night

Mon, Jul 06, 2020./noise/movies | Link

Second time around. There's a lot to enjoy in Rod Steiger's performance, and I think Sidney Poitier's best work here is opposite him. The plot is threadbare. Roger Ebert rated it #10 for 1967 with no standalone review.