Essential Cinema: Sidney Poitier: The Measure of a Man
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
Directed by Norman Jewison
USA, 1967, 1h 50min, DCP
There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.
When a big city homicide inspector (Sidney Poitier) finds himself stuck in a small Deep South town, he finds himself drafted by the sheriff (Rod Steiger) into helping with a murder investigation. Winner of Best Picture at the 1968 Academy Awards, this truly great American film was a genesis moment of the New Hollywood.
