in the heat of the night segment 6

[FulgDeNeaJin]

Sidney Poitier?! * * * * * !!

[freddie26123]

grandissimo film!!!

xkè qlcn non lo carica INTERO?!?!??

[mircea1910]

you probably already know this, but there's a rumor that the returning slap was not scripted and Sidney Poitier just thought that up on the spot; don't know if it's true or not, but if it is, the man is a total genius!

[Mitchaboi85]

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[PayNoAttentiontoCaes]

Lol, then he starts crying

[CaptainPommby]

Like a boss!

[mrfalafl]

oh my god I can't stop laughing at the butler...

[k1ngp1nga]

classic!

[Squarepeg]

This is what President Obama should do to Donald Trump.

[HumbleHarry]

Pardon me. My response was actually directed at Omgitszztop, not sheltv100.

[TheGhostOfHumanLogic]

Ive never seen someone look more satisfied from slapping an old white man. Rock on Mr. Poitier

[leosamson]

I found the disbelief of the little negro butler funnier than the slap

[inikkie17]

its not even using the palm of his hand...its all back hand! love it!

[supermario0527]

Virgil slaps Endicott FTW!!!!!

[murkleman168]

All racist people deserve the same treatment. Should be law in my opinion

[marcphilos]

Interesting reaction from the obsequious black servant (Uncle Tom?) after they leave. He shakes his head in utter disbelief, as if for that split second the whole system of white supremacy he came to accept as the normal way of life was shattered right before his eyes by one strike. The system was threatened in a way he probably never even dreamed of. Powerful stuff.

[DorisDay26]

This is my favorite part of the movie & ofcourse when he tells the officers, "They call me MR. TIBBS"!!! Gone head Sidney wit yo bad self!!!!!!!!

[goannadream]

What a guy. This scene only exists because Sidney Poitier threatened to pull out of filming if his character did not return the slap. The way it was written, he did not return it but Sidney insisted it be filmed this way and he was right. Beautiful actor and elegant intelligent man.

[marcphilos]

@goannadream The man is my idol.

[KurapikaZer]

i like how they slap with the back of their hands

[neoconsnightmare3]

should i feel bad i get a hard on everytime i see the slap at :53 ?

LOL

[jlcoleman]

Your days old man ruling this planet are over...respect shall be paid...

[1147productions]

I could watch this on a loop for days.

[arielioness]

@1147productions me too!! slap heard round the world....;)

[msinthrop]

Best scene in the film.

[JOYLANE34]

Pay attention kiddies....that is swagga

[lyricsma]

One of my absolute favorite movie moments. There has never been an actor with a stage presence to match Mr. Poitier. He is such a classic man.

[videomix22]

Watch the buttler in the background. Check out his reaction after the first slap.@ 0:53. This man's in total shock. What a powerful movie. 5 out of 5 star rating. Thanks for posting.

[romeonarcizo]

0:53..That slap changes the life of africanamericans forever!!!!

[sheltv100]

@romeonarcizo I agree, that proves that the black man in America will not take anymore shit from racist whites, not even from Glen Beck.

[taledarkside]

@sheltv100

thats because we moved on to being racist against mexicans

[sheltv100]

@taledarkside What about the racism against Arabs and religious hatred to Muslims?

[taledarkside]

@sheltv100

only muslims and scientoligist

[1961slam]

This is acting. Everyone involved made this a timeless classic.

[DCAUFan]

Poitier slapped the shit out of that racist retard whop. If it was Shaft he would've killed him though.

[SuperZeitGeist1]

He said there was a time he would of had him shot yeah well those times are over with punk....Now you would get shot and get your ass kicked as well.

[howiebag]

is that bald guy dick cheney?

[OleanderJLT]

I was 13 when I first saw this movie... I had aleady started letting my liberal activism flow free, was already railing against the racism in the SC town I grew up in... So, obviously, when I saw this scene for the first time, I was flying. Notice Sidney's response time to the slap! NO hesitation whatsoever! My God, Sidney Poitier is SUCH a phenomenal actor...

[jeffsummstl]

What a great line-- "man, you're just like the rest of us, ain't ya". Tibbs didn't even realize what he was doing until Gillespie called him on it. This realization that they both had some wrong attitudes is what makes it so great when they end up respecting each other in the end.

[walterroy]

Smacka cracka!!!! I can't handle the arrogance in that old bastard's face. I could never keep my cool like Tibbs. I don't think us white people could've endured had the tables been turned. The arrogance, entitlement, self importance of that rich, racist relic just burns me.

[dergeier117]

The father of a friend of mine recalls seeing this movie in a mostly-black theater and everyone cheering at this scene. Powerful stuff.

[sheltv100]

@dergeier117 I would have cheered myself too. If I saw this movie with a group of Koreans or Chinese and they saw than scene, I would be the only one to cheer when Tibbs slapped that KKK bigot back in his face.

[adamzanzie]

GET HIM, SIDNEY! Thanks to Norman Jewison for risking his life just to get this on film. As RFK reportedly told him, "This could be a very important movie, Norman."

[bobcat1966]

I read in an interview with Poitier that it was originally written that he would get slapped and his response was to just look at him sternly. Poitier refused to play it that way and had them rewrite it.

[stiangutten321]

Man, these actors are great!

[spearNmagicHelmet]

slappin the shit out of racist whitey is always awesome.

[JudasAngel666]

Hard to belive that sydney Porter had to convince the producers to keep this scene in the film. I think if they had cut it the film wouldn't have been as powerful

[ehtx1]

As powerful as that scene was it was not a real representation of what a black person would do. I'm black, and if a white man or any man ever lays a hand on any part of my body I would knock the shit out of him and don't care how young or old he is. I would do much worse then a slap. That's the truth!!!

[walterroy]

@ehtx1 You got to realize this is mid 60's in The South. The fact that Tibbs responded in kind was a great challenge to the whole system. If he'd gone any further he'd been arrested if not worse. You live in a time where you can say what you think without worrying about it. You couldn't state what you posted in the deep south in a public way or there would be heavy shit to pay. This was when everything was finally starting to change. People everywhere were starting to understand the injustice.

[romeonarcizo]

0:53...That scene change a lot of things for the africanamerican people....I am mexican and i feel the scene!!!!

[CrimeReport]

This was the "OG" magical negro of Hollywood.

Way to go, cuz!

[sidvick12]

woa this scene is still so powereful!! imagine the magnitude when it first came out? truly a metaphoric masterpiece!!

[n0oneimportant]

Personally, I consider this the single best action sequence ever on film; this, in itself, is so much cooler than....well, pretty much anything else.

[JudasAngel666]

THE SLAP HEARD ROUND THE WORLD. Way to go Tibbs :)

[RaleighDawlishRaynar]

Thought of the Moment:

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. -Dorothy Nevill

[RaleighDawlishRaynar]

Translocation - here? Good grief.

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[MzTizzleCakez]

IS that the same guy that was in "A raisin in the sun" ? not the new version the old.

[bgberger2]

yes, along with to sir with love, lillies of the field, guess who's coming to dinner, sneakers, they call me mr. tibbs, the defiant ones

[eezysqueezy]

Fuck Endicott in the ass!

[warminator]

What a scene. And Endicotts grief in the end looks so authentic / real.

[capitalmindz]

1:51 Boohoo :(

LMFAO!

[Mobius4077]

The Counter-slap: total fucking ownage.

[camdaddy09]

lmfao, this is freaking priceless! go mr.tibbs!!

[RealFan357]

Mr. Endicott: Gillespie..

Gillespie: Yeah?..

Mr. Endicott: U saw it..

Gillespie: Oh I saw it..

Mr. Endicott: Well what are ya gonna do about it?

Gillespie: I don't know...

LOL!! Classic....

[dreapster]

For me 1:31 where Poitier fixes his coat is the best part of that scene. That little shrug tells the entire story of the character's life and attitude. He shrugged off the racial injustices, and stayed classy while doing it. That whole scene is just an incredible moment in movie history.

[mokacode]

Well,Virgil ,you did what you had to....

[hellohey000]

Is that dick cheney getting bitch slap by sidney poitier?

just kidding

[ACLTony]

Sidney came up with the idea of his character "slapping back" at the bigot.

[orbison]

That is why he is NOT one of the great black geniuses of cinema

He is one of the great GENIUSES of cinema period

[Omgitszztop]

"What are you gonna do about it?"

"I don't know."

That part was better than the retaliatory slap itself.

That old white dude starts crying after they leave??.....kinda weird and awkward.

When the butler shook his head and walked out of the room......funny but unrealistic.....he would have gotten fired for acting like that.

[skylur44]

No he wouldn't have, he was shaking his head at the audacity of Tibbs. He was from the old school and had neevr seen any black person behave that way before.

[victornewman06]

The audacity of Tibbs??? What the hell are you talking about? The butler shook his head in disbelief of Endicott in thinking that he can just slap a man and denigrate him the way he did. Tibbs was a MAN, and to think just because he's black you can get away with slapping him. That was the mentality of a southern racist, "No matter how old you are, you are still a boy, and if you get out of place, you will be dealt with" But Tibbs wasn't having it LOL

[evolvedtheobserver]

This.

[sheltv100]

@Omgitszztop That butler was played by Jester Harriston who played Rolly Forbes on the TV show "Amen," with Clifton Davis. When Jester Harriston played that butler and shook his head at Endicot, that was his way of saying as he would have said on Amen, "Oooooh have mercy."

[HumbleHarry]

@sheltv100 You have a keen eye. In addition to having been an accomplished film and TV actor, Mr. Hairston was a songwriter and composer. He composed the song "Amen" that Sidney Poitier's character taught to the East German nuns in the 1963 film "Lillies of the Field." Poitier's portrayal of Homer Smith in that film was, of course, the role that won him the Academy Award as Best Actor.

[mastermonarch]

ITs not going to be that way anymore Gillespie this Town,This County,and this State had better get use to it. best line delivered in the piolit episode of in the Heat of the night the series.from Virgil to Gillespie

[Fruth37]

Jester Hairston glares at that no good cracker like he was HAPPY that he got jap slapped! Great scene from one of my all time favorites!

[KOKPictures]

One of the most importnat part of the movie. And one of my favorite secne in any movie of all time.

[rjam1974]

times were a changin in 1967. Very impactful

[tranurse]

this is my husband's favorite scene.

[RCBIFE]

Mine too, TraNurse

[bissikrima]

the attitude he gives the cracker lol PRICELESS !

[keikodee]

This was THE BEST SCENE in this whole movie!! I also loved when he allowed himself to be arrested. This is a true classic. I thought Mr. Poitier's performances in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", "A Patch of Blue" and To Sir "With Love", among others, as well!!

[victornewman06]

This scene was so poignant as far as the civil and social change in America. Not necessarily getting back at 'the man', but address the mentality that brought these societal issues of white supremacy, and this scene was the counterattack. Can you believe movie theatres in the south refused to show this? This movie also showed Mr Poitier as strong, intelligent, and with dignity. This whole movie was motivation to my life.

[keikodee]

Exactly!