In the Heat of the Night Comments

  • Robb 2021-12-31 08:01:57

    Director Norman Jewison asked Rod Steiger to chew gum while performing. Rod Steiger initially opposed it, but slowly liked the suggestion. During the filming of the film, he chewed off a total of 263 bags of gum. Due to political conditions at the time, Mississippi was eventually excluded from the list of shooting locations. Spat in Illinois was selected as the shooting location, and the name of the town in the story was also changed to Spat, so that the local logo does not need to be changed....

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In the Heat of the Night quotes

  • [first lines]

    Ofcr. Sam Wood: Where you keeping the pie tonight?

    Ralph Henshaw, diner counterman: I ate the last piece just before you came in.

  • [last lines]

    Chief Gillespie: You take care, y'hear?

    Virgil Tibbs: Yeah.