in the heat of the night segment 4 delores purdy and her story of seduction by sam - which is a lie. the alleged line _you no the coolest place in towm" .. "the cemetery marble"
Every actor played it perfectly. it's just amazing. That's when movies were little physical action and lots of brains in dialog, every gesture from each actor just perfect.
I just love the detail in this scene. Look at the tape patching up the worn-out leather chair. The constant very high level of acting is riveting. It's so good you could believe this is for real. Steiger is at the very height of his powers here!
Oh you ain't gonna do nothing, just stand there a shut up. What a scene. Gillespie realizes that he needs Tibbs and he won't even allow the brother to get his way. Great scene! What a movie, an important movie.
I'm sure I share a non- guilty pleasure with fans of this film. I'll watch it over and over! Every character is superbly acted. A scene that isn't shown as much on RU-vid is the banker and the sheriff. " I'll write it on the head of a PIN! " is my favorite line.
Fantastic film. Definitely in my top 3. Tours de force by Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier. Excellent acting all around by the supporting cast. Glad i have it on DVD.
This is one of all time favorite movies,the perception to detail is amazing , squeaky chair,tape on chair,even the owl song in the diner. Delores Purdy aka Quentin Dean received a golden globe for her incredible supporting role despite the fact she was on screen about ten minutes. even more intriguing is the fact she left motion pictures just two years later with no forwarding address. There seems to be virtually no record of her since.
Man, there are beautiful women, and then there are beautiful women who just exude an incredible ammount of sexuality. Ms, Dean was certainly one of THOSE women. Here's some more info on her, it's sad though: "Quentin Dean was born on July 27, 1944 in California as Quintin Corinne Margolin. She was an actress, known for In the Heat of the Night (1967), Will Penny (1968) and Stay Away, Joe (1968). She died on May 8, 2003 in Los Angeles, California,"
Logan Cody You could not have been more right about her sexuality, do you know any more about her life . It's always intrigued me why she would just leave acting at such a young age ,especially after that incredible portrayal o Delores.
puff adder I went on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) website which usually has every bit of info there is on actors, directors, producers, etc. But, other than a few other TV roles, what I sent you was absoutly all they had on her. It's funny how her performance impresses you so much, you hope she gave up her career for a happy reason, like getting married and raising a family. But somehow I fear that's not the case.
Logan Cody Another thing about this talented girl (who bore a striking resemblance to Linda Ronstadt, by the way - I kept waiting for her to leap up and break into "Different Drum!"), was her range. Catch her guest appearance on "The Big Valley", as the oppressed, shy Betina. She's amazing. The ep is called "Journey into Violence." Not a shred of "sexuality" in this performance, although she is pretty, as always. Such a waste of talent.
Garyb3397 That just goes to show how wide a range she had as an actor. Again, I just hope if she decided to leave show business and assume a totally private life it was for a best case scenario.
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Great casting ,,, everyone in this move is next level. Even the small roles everyone new they were a part of something great. Gave it everything they had.
I just love how Dolores makes a joke out of her dominating brother all during the interrogation and is so contemptuous in her taboo breaking with that guilty smile. Some acting
My god, what a knock-out, fearless performance from Quentin Dean -- I can't think of a young actress among the many young actresses today who could surpass that, and few -- if any -- who could touch it. And if the director, Norman Jewison, told her to slide down like that, stroke the seat of the chair and, every now and then, roll her eyes up to her interrogator, he deserves a share of credit too.
Speaking of Norman Jewison, he's woefully underrated and under-mentioned as one of our greatest film directors. His gift for storytelling this country's Southern culture is further expressed in his gem of a film, 'A Soldier's Story'...also with a bang-up cast of formidable actors.
@@ThomasFromTNmaybe--- just maybe, that the actors who did this movie actually were better than the majority of the so-- called actors of today. It's entirely possible--- think about it--- what has gotten better, since the time that this movie was made-- in all aspects of life. While there are some great actors today--- most everything/ everyone else is in the toilet.
@@user-mr3ct1dm9p Yeah, no. You're just being nostalgic. There were plenty of hokey actors back in the 60s, as many as there are today. I can think of a few actresses today who would knock this scene out of the park just like Quentin did.
Jesus Christ, those are the noisiest chairs in film history. Oh and Delores Purdy has one of the most sensuous voices I've ever heard (when she's not yelling, that is).
I first saw this movie in 1972.Quentin Dean (who played delores purdy)) was my motivation for finding this gorgeous poa) i met and married her carbon copy and 14 years later i was cleaned out more than a epa toxic waste site. i never said i was smart regarding women. i would do it all over again!
I love that slight giggle Delores' character lets out right after Gillespie tells her big brother to "just stand there and shut up", lol!!! I have a good feeling that wasn't supposed to happen like that, but I'm gald it did... >;-)
this is one of the sexiest scenes in film i've ever seen. then its finished with the hilarious "he said that?". its so perfect. one of my favourite scenes in a film.
And still, is 2022. The south is one screwed up area. But then there’s Idaho, Nebraska, Ohio, and all the midwestern States. Nobody seems to grow out of that RACIST Bubble.?
By now Virgil has Sheriff Gillespie's total respect. When he comes into the office, without knocking, it because by his aid the sheriff now considers him his equal, and his office almost as his own. It is a complete transformation from the first scene where they both appear in the office: Tibbs under arrest on suspicion of murder and Gillespie as the interrogator. When Dolores' brother looks down on Virgil and suggests he won't speak about the affair in front of Detective Tibbs, Gillespie looks up with an expression that speaks a great deal: "Is that right, son? So, YOU'RE going to tell me what you will and will not say in my own office, in front of a man whom I have come to respect and who is here to help you?" And then he actually tells him he'll stand there and shut up. This is why I like Sheriff Gillespie's character so much. He is not a racist against blacks so much as a man who grew up in the society, and who was willing to judge men individually. It's like he was waiting for someone to come to his town to shake it up.
Ironically that cop looks kind of like Caroll O'Connor. And they had a remake of this movie as a t.v series in the 80's with Caroll O'Connor as the lead cop.
Grand movie making of the highest degree, saw it in the Cinema back in the day and times were still tough when it was made! Clan murders etc. Sydney was the premier black actor of his day… Rod could act we all knew he could and there was this thought he had one good one performance left in the old leading man and boy did he let it out! It was a time when people were really passionate about equality and this was emblematic of the time!
I get a laugh when Chalky tells Tibbs the place in town men go when they get a girl in trouble is the barber. Sensing a hot lead Tibbs asks why the barber, Chalky responds with a laugh, "To get his throat cut!"
At the beginning do you mean ? I was thinking it was the look of recognition that gets exchanged between coloured folk when one is passing as white . But i know nothing much about this movie although i could have gone to see it back in 67 ; and i don't think i would've appreciated it as a 13 year old . I also know little of the subtleties in American culture of this period . The Vietnam war spurred a cultural upheaval and heaps of other issues got thrown in .
Tibbs was clearly staring her down in regards to suspecting her role in the events that led to the murder, and Delores was meeting his suspicious gaze (although she doesn't know the exact cause of his suspicious gaze but she's a rebellious temptress so it doesn't matter much to her what the exact reason is either way) with a mocking contempt.
Film dates Sept. 26 to Nov. 1966 in Illinois (not Mississippi). Quentin Dean aka Dolores Purdy (1944--2003) was 22 playing a 16 year old. This scene is hilarious. I still don't get why she admitted she was pregnant while falsely naming Sam Wood as the father. Too bad Maury wasn't there . Because the real father was going to pay for her abortion; all she had to do was keep her mouth shut. I wonder what happened afterward. Probably gave it up for adoption.Just realized this scene is the only direct reference to the title.
Late reply, but it depends on how you define things I guess. The way I understood it in the old South, even within the Confederacy during the Civil War many people in the "old states" on the Atlantic coast considered themselves superior, and you have to remember that Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana (with the notable exception of New Orleans itself) didn't have an old "aristocracy" like the one you could find in Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas. So from that perspective you could consider them to be "more dixie", but Mississippi is probably as "deep south" as it gets, whatever meaning you would want to put into such a phrase.
@@mateuszmattias A Southern aristocracy , Carolina nobility . Many of the Carolina settlers arrived already possessed with titles including early governors, Sir John Yeamans and Sir Nathaniel Johnson. Ladies included Lady Rebecca Pratt Axtel and Dame Margaret Berringer, who married Gov. James Moore. The custom of the new “Carolina Aristocracy,” many of them from armigerous families, was to use their ancestral arms. It seems very English.
2:36 tipps looking like a real professional police officer hands in his pockets , i wonder if the director tells how to stand on each minute or are the actors who make choices on some occasions
