In the Heat of the Night

08/02/1967

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1hr 49min

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Crime

,Drama

,Mystery

,Thriller

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Sidney Poitier
  • Rod Steiger
  • Warren Oates
  • Peter Whitney
  • Lee Grant

    Directors

  • Hal Ashby
  • Norman Jewison
  • Howard Joslin
  • Meta Rebner
  • Newt Arnold

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • United Artists
  • The Mirisch Company

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

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