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In the Heat of the Night
1967Directed by Norman Jewison1h 49m
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.
- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Det. Virgil Tibbs
- Rod Steiger as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
- Warren Oates as Deputy Sam Wood
- Lee Grant as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
- Larry Gates as Eric Endicott
- James Patterson as Mr. Purdy
- William Schallert as Mayor Schubert
- Beah Richards as Mama Caleba
- Peter Whitney as Deputy Courtney
- Kermit Murdock as Henderson
- Larry D. Mann as Watkins
- Matt Clark as Packy Harrison
- Arthur Malet as Ulam
- Fred Stewart as Dr. Stuart
- Quentin Dean as Delores Purdy
- Scott Wilson as Harvey Oberst
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