In the Heat of the Night
7.71967109 min
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller
"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.
Top Cast
Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs,Rod Steiger as Police Chief Bill Gillespie,Warren Oates as Deputy Sam Wood,Peter Whitney as Deputy Courtney,Lee Grant as Mrs. Leslie Colbert,Anthony James as Ralph,William Schallert as Mayor Schubert,Scott Wilson as Harvey Oberst
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Production
United ArtistsThe Mirisch Company