Sweet, Sweet Blues
| "Sweet, Sweet Blues" | |
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| In the Heat of the Night episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Vincent McEveety |
| Written by | William J. Royce |
| Original air date | December 3, 1991 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Bobby Short: Chester "Cat" Collins |
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Bobby Short: Chester "Cat" Collins
James Best: Nathan Bedford
"Sweet, Sweet Blues" is an award winning episode of the NBC drama series In the Heat of the Night, starring Carroll O'Connor as Chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as Detective Virgil Tibbs.In the Heat of the Night was based on the 1965 novel by John Ball, which was also the basis for the Academy Award winning film of the same name starring Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier, directed by Norman Jewison.
Directed by Vincent McEveety (Firecreek) and written by William James Royce, the episode guest stars musician Bobby Short as bluesman Chester "Cat" Collins and actor James Best as Nathan Bedford. The story revolves around the forty-year-old, unsolved murder of Officer Willson Sweet's grandfather, Louis Sweet. Although the crime was never solved, there was a witness, a young black man named Ches Collins. Ches is determined to see that justice is done, even if it has been delayed all these years. One night when he sees young Officer Sweet (Geoffrey Thorne) come into his club, he sings "Sweet, Sweet Blues." The song, written by Carroll O'Connor and performed by Bobby Short, begins Sweet's heroic quest to see that justice is served before the aging murderer of his grandfather is allowed to pass away, taking his secret with him.
That season, In the Heat of the Night won its first NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Dramatic Series and James Best won the Crystal Reel Award for Best Actor.
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