In the Heat of the Night

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

7.7

1967

1h 49m

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

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.

Key Crew

Director

Norman Jewison

Producers

Walter Mirisch

Writers

Stirling Silliphant

Cinematography

Haskell Wexler

Music

Quincy Jones

Cast (31)

Sidney Poitier

Virgil Tibbs

Rod Steiger

Police Chief Bill Gillespie

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