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In the Heat of the Night

They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

02 Aug 1967
  • United States of America
109 mins
7.649
1157 votes
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
articleOverview personCast
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

    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
  • Larry Gates

    as Eric Endicott
  • James Patterson

    as Mr. Purdy
  • Quentin Dean

    as Delores Purdy
  • Kermit Murdock

    as Henderson

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