1967 drama in which they called Rod Steiger Sheriff Gillespie & Sidney Poitier Mr. Tibbs
... Sidney 
Poitier's Mister Tibbs voted best performance by black actor in public poll ..... but 
when local police chief Gillespie learns that Tibbs is the Philadelphia PD's 
number ... taut drama about a visiting Northern Black detective named Virgil 
Tibbs (Sidney... [DOC] [TLE] In the Heat of the Night (1967) - Greatest Films [PAR] Although Rod Steiger won the Best Actor Oscar, Sidney Poitier didn't even 
receive a ... the murder of a prostitute in the sequel They Call Me Mister Tibbs!