Release Date
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Original Release
August 2, 1967
1h 49m
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
⭐ 7.6109 min
Overview
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.
Director
Norman Jewison
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.3
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
⭐0.6
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
⭐0.6
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
⭐3.8
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
⭐1.2
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
⭐1.3
Anthony James
Ralph
⭐0.4
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
⭐1.0
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
⭐2.0
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
⭐0.5
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
⭐0.4
Genres
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller
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