A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
1967
HD
109min
PG-13
United States
English
Norman Jewison
Larry Gates
Peter Whitney
Scott Wilson
Sidney Poitier
William Schallert
Lee Grant
Rod Steiger
Anthony James
Warren Oates
murder
small town
southern usa
whodunit
racist
stolen money
police chief
black people
racial segregation
youth gang
