Top cast:Maurice Costello,Clara Kimball Young,Julia Swayne Gordon
Director:Tony Kaye
Genre:War
Region:Taiwan
Year:2000
Storyline:He also has his son swear or promise to be an adult guardian - to take care of and protect his sister, and look after the money:Harper: First, swear you""ll take care of little Pearl, guard her with your life, boy.There were at least four suspects in the case over a two-day period, each eliminated one by one by evidence uncovered by the black detective: first Tibbs himself, then petty criminal Harvey Oberst, racist cotton plantation owner Eric Endicott, deputy Officer Sam Wood, and finally the real killer -- diner worker Ralph Henshaw.Peggy""s legs from her un-seen, sleeping frame are seen poking out from behind a stage flat: "You don""t have to wait...and a man""s desires!"...maybe it""s better for both of us to leave each other alone."Writer/producer/director Robert Rossen, also known for his earlier contributions to the screenplays ofThe Roaring Twenties (1939)andThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948),Body and Soul (1947), Best Picture winnerAll the King""s Men (1949), and his last filmLilith (1964), based this harsh, poignant, intensely dramatic film (with co-writer Sydney Carroll), a morality play, upon the novel of the same name by Walter Tevis.