A look at racism in the rural south of America in the 60′s. A detective is passing a town on the way home from seeing his mother when he gets taken in for a murder that coincidentally occurred the night he was there. The colour of his skin was cause enough. When his identity is confirmed his boss asks him to stay in town and help solve the murder. Over the next few days he faces tough trials and rises above in true movie fashion.
A satisfactory performance by Sidney Poitier but in my opinion he was outclassed by the superb Rod Steiger as Chief Gillespie.
An enjoyable flick but hardly more than a 7/10.