In the Heat of the Night

1967 "They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it."
7.9| 1h49m| PG-13| en| Drama, Thriller
Storyline

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.

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  • In the Heat of the Night Cast
Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates as Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney as Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James as Ralph
William Schallert as Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson as Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates as Eric Endicott