In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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.
Rated
PG-13
Year
1967
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
2 August 1967
TMDB
7.7 (1301)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James
Ralph
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
K
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
L
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
Matt Clark
Packy
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Arthur Malet
Ulam
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
Timothy Scott
Shagbag
William Watson
McNeil
E
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
S
Stuart Nisbet
Shuie
K
Khalil Bezaleel
Jess
Peter Masterson
Fryer
P
Phil Adams
1st Tough
Nikita Knatz
2nd Tough
S
Sam Reese
Clerk
J
Jack Teter
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt
Deputy (uncredited)
B
Buzz Barton
Conductor (uncredited)
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