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
- Sidney Poitier
- Rod Steiger
- Warren Oates
- Peter Whitney
- Lee Grant
Cast
- Norman Jewison
- Hal Ashby
- Howard Joslin
- Meta Rebner
- Newt Arnold
Directors
INFORMATION
- United Artists
- The Mirisch Company
Production Companies
- United States of America
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- English