" He referred to the ultra-competent Tibbs as "a powerful piece of manpower."After the call, the Sheriff suggested - almost challenged - that Virgil might want to look at the photos of the dead man, but Virgil angrily stormed out (due to his discriminatory treatment), claiming he had a train to catch (but now he would have to wait many hours until the mid-day train).]When photographer Charlie delivered the 4x5 photos of the dead man, and requested reimbursement, Virgil also asked to see them: "May l see the man l""m supposed to have killed?" Virgil spoke to his Chief of police boss in Philadelphia and apologized for bothering him: "I really had no choice.The subversive film required some tricky finnagling, due to censorship challenges from the Breen Office regarding the depiction of a deliberately-induced or forced ""miscarriage"" (that could have been interpreted as an abortion).It was adapted by scriptwriter George Seaton from Valentine Davies"" original story that was later published by Harcourt Brace & Co.