In the Heat of the Night (1967)

08/02/1967 (US) • 1h 49m

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Top Billed 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

William Schallert

Mayor Schubert

Scott Wilson

Harvey Oberst

Larry Gates

Eric Endicott


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Part of the Virgil Tibbs Trilogy

Includes In the Heat of the Night, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Organization

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$27,379,978.00

Keywords

small town

southern usa

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stolen money

racial segregation

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youth gang

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racial tension

bigotry

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railroad station

white supremacists

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