In the Heat of the Night
1967 · 7.7 TMDB · Crime, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis
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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The cast
Sidney Poitier (Det. Virgil Tibbs) · Rod Steiger (Police Chief Bill Gillespie) · Warren Oates (Deputy Sam Wood) · Lee Grant (Mrs. Leslie Colbert) · Larry Gates (Eric Endicott) · James Patterson (Mr. Purdy) · William Schallert (Mayor Schubert) · Beah Richards (Mama Caleba) · Peter Whitney (Deputy Courtney) · Kermit Murdock (Henderson) · Larry D. Mann (Watkins) · Matt Clark (Packy Harrison)
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