This 1967 film directed by Norman Jewison and starring acting heavyweights Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier broke new ground on how Black characters were portrayed in film.
Poiter is brilliant as a big city Philadelphia detective knocking heads with small town sheriff Steiger investigating a mysterious murder in the fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi.
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