Talk:In the Heat of the Night (film)

message: This article reads very strangely.  The synopsis goes into detail about the plot of the first half of the movie, but when it gets to the slapping scene it just turns into a huge discussion of that, and the rest of the plot of the film is not even mentioned.  72.177.54.190 (talk) 08:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: *  ... plot synopsis, review, cast, production credits, awards
Reference available for citing in the article body. Erik (talk) 20:09, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Allmovie

message: The article uses "black" and "African American" in a sort of random arrangement, while the term "white" is used to refer to Caucasians.  I believe, first of all, that hyphenated terms ending in "American" usually feature a kind of patronizing element.  Secondly, if one is going to utilize said terminology, one should adopt it universally, such that where you might otherwise feature "blacks and whites" attending a film, you'd need to address "African Americans and European Americans" doing the same.  Otherwise, there is nothing in the world wrong with sticking to the term "black" if "white" is still applicable.  Neither hue has preeminence, or so we are to proceed, believe, and adopt - certainly per this picture.  An encyclopedic entree should be devoid of opinion and bias.
____  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsteeber (talk • contribs) 22:53, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: Most of the filming of "In the heat of the Night", was filmed in Covington, Ga., and can be verified by exixting buildings etc..[ZAGriffin, Ga,Anthony R.Singletary] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:B827:4750:9835:F18:456B:4457 (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filming Location  

message: The film was clearly seen as groundbreaking through its casting and subject matter. Is it actually the first major Hollywood crime drama with a black man as the cop/detective leading the investigation and risking his personal safety to discover the truth about the crime? 195.67.149.169 (talk) 11:03, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Hollywood picture with a black detective hero? 

message: It may be noted that, in the film's opening credits, Anthony James (actor), portraying Ralph the luncheonette counterman who is revealed as the murderer three minutes before the film's end, is billed 17th and last, under header "and introducing". Below is a reproduction of the form in which the cast members are listed in the on-screen opening credits:
the mirisch corporation presents
sidney poitier
rod steiger in
the norman jewison–walter mirisch production
in the heat of the night
co-starringwarren oateslee grantlarry gatesjames patterson
withwilliam schallertbeah richardspeter whitneykermit murdocklarry d. mannmatt clarkarthur maletfred stewartand introducingquentin deanscott wilsonanthony james
The on-screen closing credits, however, depict a crawl listing the names of 27 cast members, with the first 16 listed in the same order as in the opening credits. Then, 10 additional cast members are listed 17th through 26th, followed by Anthony James credited 27th and, again, last. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 20:33, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Anthony James, who plays the killer, is billed 17th in the opening credits and last in the closing credits

message: In the synopsis it is stated that "Endicott sends a gang of thugs after him". I can't find any indication of a connection between Endicott and the thugs, much less any indication that the thugs work for Endicott. Can you point out the source for this statement? Otherwise please remove this line. 193.28.147.10 (talk) 11:30, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "so Endicott sends a gang of thugs after him"