Screenplay: John Ball
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Ball. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
In the Heat of the Night
1967 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Norman Jewison
Cast Sidney Poitier · Rod Steiger · Warren Oates · Lee Grant
Plot When a prominent local businessman is found murdered in the tiny southern town of Sparta, Mississippi, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) gets picked up at the train station as a potential...
7.5
13K votes
7.5
13K votes
The Organization
1971 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Don Medford
Cast Sidney Poitier · Allen Garfield · Gerald S. O'Loughlin · Bernie Hamilton
Plot After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police...
5.7
169 votes
5.7
169 votes
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas
Cast Sidney Poitier · Martin Landau · Barbara McNair · Anthony Zerbe
Plot San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs is called in to investigate when a liberal street preacher and political candidate is accused of murdering a prostitute. Tibbs is also battling domestic...
5.5
307 votes
5.5
307 votes
In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)
1988 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction James Lee Barrett · Bernard McEveety · Harry Harris · Russ Mayberry
Cast Carroll O'Connor · Alan Autry · David Hart · Hugh O'Connor
Plot A crusty southern police chief (later sheriff) and his African American lieutenant and detective investigate crimes in their community.
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