When a wealthy industrialist is murdered in Mississippi, the bigoted local sheriff is quick to accuse a black newcomer to ...

When 'In the Heat of the Night’ star Rod Steiger died, he left behind a glittering array of major awards. Now his daughter is ...

Peter M Nichols recalls Norman Jewison movie In the Heat of the Night, which won Oscar for best film in 1967; film stars Rod Steiger, who won Academy Award for best actor, and Sidney Poitier (M) ...

At the time, the film was initially being helmed by Norman Jewison, Poitier’s In the Heat of the Night director, who cast Denzel Washington in the lead role before Spike Lee took over as director.

Eddie Murphy was warned by Sidney Poitier not to star in "Malcolm X." During an interview for Apple TV+'s "Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood," Murphy revealed he bumped ...