02433cgm a2200601 4500 388809108 TxAuBib 20140128120000.0 051209t20051967||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9780792848363 0792848365 TxAuBib Ball, John, 1911-1988, Author. In the Heat of the Night [DVD]. USA : Walter Mirisch, producer; MGM Home Entertainment, distributor, 2005. ©1967. 1 DVD (110 Minutes) : col., full screen version ; 4 3/4 in. Based on a novel by John Ball. Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant. A small town Southern sheriff finds himself in an uneasy alliance with a big-city black homicide detective as they investigate a murder. 20051209. Academy Award Best Picture Winner, 1967. Academy Award Best Actor Winner Rod Steiger, 1967. Murder Investigation Drama. African American Detectives Drama. Sheriffs Drama. Racism Drama. Race Relations Drama. Mississippi Drama. DVD. Film Adaptations. Poitier, Sidney, 1927-2022, Actor. Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002, Actor. Gates, Larry, 1915-1996, Actor. Oates, Warren, 1928-1982, Actor. Grant, Lee, Actor. Richards, Beah, 1920-2000, Actor. Mann, Larry D., 1922-2014, Actor. Oppenheimer, Alan Louis, 1930-, Actor. Masterson, Peter, 1934-2018, Actor. Scott, Timothy, 1937-1995, Actor, (Tom Harmon.) Wilson, Scott, 1942-2018, Actor. Schallert, William, 1922-2016, Actor. Murdock, Kermit, 1908-1981, Actor. Whitney, Peter, 1916-1972, Actor. Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000, Actor. Nisbet, Stuart, 1934-2016, Actor. Quick, Eldon, 1937-, Actor. Watson, William C., 1938-1997, Actor. Dean, Quentin, 1944-2003, Actor, (Quintin Corrine Margolin.) Malet, Arthur, 1927-2013, Actor. Patterson, James, 1947-