In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

Crime · 1967 · 1h 49m

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7.7/10 · TMDB

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

Overview

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.

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Cast & crew

Sidney PoitierDet. Virgil Tibbs
Rod SteigerPolice Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren OatesDeputy Sam Wood
Lee GrantMrs. Leslie Colbert
Larry GatesEric Endicott
James PattersonMr. Purdy
William SchallertMayor Schubert
Beah RichardsMama Caleba
Peter WhitneyDeputy Courtney
Kermit MurdockHenderson
Larry D. MannWatkins
Matt ClarkPacky Harrison
Arthur MaletUlam
Fred StewartDr. Stuart
Quentin DeanDelores Purdy

Information

Release date
1 September 1967
Director
Norman Jewison
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Runtime
1h 49m
Country of origin
United States

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