Sidney Poitier
Det. Virgil Tibbs
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In the Heat of the Night(1967)
7.7 / 10 on TMDB109 minutes
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
Behind the story
What is In the Heat of the Night about?
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.
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Directed by
- Norman Jewison
- Release date
- Status
- Released
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Who stars in In the Heat of the Night?
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
