For the Record - Feb. 28, 2023

Walter Mirisch: In the Feb. 27 Calendar section, an obituary on film producer Walter Mirisch stated that actor Sidney Poitier played a lawyer in the movie “In the Heat of the Night.” He portrayed a police detective.

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