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Sidney Poitier ▲

Apex — In the Heat of the Night (1967)

23,970 feet (Camp III)

80th highest of 108

One of three landmark films he released in 1967, the year he was the biggest draw in America. In the Heat of the Night won Best Picture.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Filmography

	Film	Year	Elevation
	In the Heat of the Night ▲ apex	1967	22,468 ft
	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	1967	22,423 ft
	To Sir, with Love	1967	22,415 ft
	Shoot to Kill	1988	22,187 ft
	Buck and the Preacher	1972	22,062 ft
	The Slender Thread	1965	22,039 ft
	They Call Me Mister Tibbs!	1970	22,030 ft
	Uptown Saturday Night	1974	22,020 ft
	A Patch of Blue	1965	22,019 ft
	Little Nikita	1988	22,016 ft
	The Wilby Conspiracy	1975	22,012 ft
	The Organization	1971	22,009 ft
	To Sir, with Love II	1996	22,008 ft
	Sneakers	1992	21,976 ft
	Stir Crazy	1980	21,842 ft
	Duel at Diablo	1966	21,841 ft
	The Bedford Incident	1965	21,835 ft
	The Jackal	1997	21,778 ft
	Ghost Dad	1990	21,743 ft
	Hanky Panky	1982	21,728 ft
	The Greatest Story Ever Told	1965	21,572 ft