In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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 do...
Rating: 7.6
Genres Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Original language: en
IMDb tt0061811
Stars
Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger as Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates as Sam Wood
Lee Grant as Mrs. Colbert
Scott Wilson as Ralph
Creators
Peter Masterson (Director)
Walter Mirisch (Producer)
Stirling Silliphant (Writer)
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