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| In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night

1967-08-02 | 109 min. | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller


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.

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