Known For

Peter Whitney is known for:

  • In the Heat of the Night
    An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue
    Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
  • The Big Heat
    Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

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