In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night 1967

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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.

  • Released: 1967-08-02
  • Runtime: 109 minutes
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • Stars: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Quentin Dean, Eldon Quick, Khalil Bezaleel, Jester Hairston, Nikita Knatz, Sam Reese, Alan Oppenheimer, Clegg Hoyt  Show all >
    Anthony James, Scott Wilson, James Patterson, Matt Clark, Timothy Scott, Stuart Nisbet, Peter Masterson, Phil Adams, William Watson, Jack Teter
  • Director: Norman Jewison