In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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

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.

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  • Release Date: 1967-08-02
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Director: Norman Jewison

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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

    • Kermit Murdock

      Henderson

    • Larry D. Mann

      Watkins

    • Matt Clark

      Packy

    • Beah Richards

      Mama Caleba

    • Arthur Malet

      Ulam

    • Fred Stewart

      Dr. Stuart

    • Timothy Scott

      Shagbag

    • William Watson

      McNeil

    • Eldon Quick

      Charles Hawthorne

    • Jester Hairston

      Endicott's Butler

    • Stuart Nisbet

      Shuie

    • Khalil Bezaleel

      Jess

    • Peter Masterson

      Fryer

    • Phil Adams

      1st Tough

    • Nikita Knatz

      2nd Tough

    • Sam Reese

      Clerk

    • Jack Teter

      Philip Colbert (uncredited)

    • Alan Oppenheimer

      Ted Appleton (uncredited)

    • Clegg Hoyt

      Deputy (uncredited)

    • Buzz Barton

      Conductor (uncredited)

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