In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

Date of release
1967-08-02
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (1308)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Norman Jewison

Casting

  • Sidney Poitier — Virgil Tibbs
  • Rod Steiger — Police Chief Bill Gillespie
  • Warren Oates — Deputy Sam Wood
  • Peter Whitney — Deputy Courtney
  • Lee Grant — Mrs. Leslie Colbert
  • Anthony James — Ralph
  • William Schallert — Mayor Schubert
  • Scott Wilson — Harvey Oberst
  • Larry Gates — Eric Endicott
  • James Patterson — Mr. Purdy
  • Quentin Dean — Delores Purdy
  • Kermit Murdock — Henderson

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