In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

1967
1h 49m
7.7

7.7/10

1,314 votes • View on IMDb
Crime Drama Mystery

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

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $2,000,000

Revenue: $27,379,978

Language: EN

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Cast

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier

Det. Virgil Tibbs

Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger

Police Chief Bill Gillespie

Warren Oates
Warren Oates

Deputy Sam Wood

Lee Grant
Lee Grant

Mrs. Leslie Colbert

Larry Gates
Larry Gates

Eric Endicott

James Patterson
James Patterson

Mr. Purdy

William Schallert
William Schallert

Mayor Schubert

Beah Richards
Beah Richards

Mama Caleba

Peter Whitney
Peter Whitney

Deputy Courtney

Kermit Murdock
Kermit Murdock

Henderson

Larry D. Mann
Larry D. Mann

Watkins

Matt Clark
Matt Clark

Packy Harrison

Key Crew

Walter Mirisch
Producer
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Norman Jewison
Director