Pingman posted:This week-end, I watched most of the "In the Heat of the Night" with Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier, again, though it's been decades since the last time.
In the closing seen, as Poitier is leaving Sparta, and Steiger is seeing him off, Poitier is boarding a beautiful GM&O coach, in striking maroon and red with gold stripes livery, pulled by an equally beautiful E-7. The movie closes with the train departing and the camera pans out from altitude.
Ah, yes. Saw that a couple months ago, with Lee Grant speaking afterwards. Tyne Daly and, I think, Brenda Vaccaro were in attendance. People cheered when Lee Grant's name came up in the credits - and when Poitier's did. I was tempted to cheer when the GM&O E unit appeared. Fun fact - set in Sparta, Miss., but filmed mainly in Sparta, Ill.
David
