The first murder mystery movie I ever remember watching is "In the Heat of The Night." It stars Sidney Poitier from a "A Raisin in the Sun" and Rod Steiger from "Docter Zhivago"
Its a great murder mystery based around a small southern town in Mississippi. Poitier is a detective from Philly visiting family. He gets mistaken for a murder suspect and is taken down to the county sheriff's office to be questioned. When the chief finds out he is a detective from the north, the deputy who arrested him is chastised and Poitier is set free.
The plot thickens when Poitier's chief in Philly has told the chief in Mississippi that he is the top homicide detective on the squad and that he would allow Poitier to work on the murder case that the small town is obviously not prepared to handle.
The film addresses many social factors that are still relevant today, but were extremely hot topics in the 60's. Please search this movie out!
This film is also a great example of why the Miranda Laws were put into place. The police arrest the suspect and give him no warning of his constitutional rights to remain silent, seek legal counsel or that anything he says can be used against him in court.
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