In the Heat of the Night

1967 "They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it."

In the Heat of the Night

7.9 | 1h49m | PG-13 | en | Drama

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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7.9 | 1h49m | PG-13 | en | Drama , Thriller , Crime

Synopsis

Cast

Sidney Poitier , Rod Steiger , Warren Oates

Director

Paul Groesse

Producted By

United Artists , The Mirisch Company

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Cast

Sidney Poitier

as Virgil Tibbs

[2017] I Am Not Your Negro [2012] Sing Your Song [2007] Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project [1999] The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn [1998] David and Lisa [1997] The Jackal [1997] Mandela and de Klerk [1995] Children of the Dust [1995] Children of the Dust

Rod Steiger

as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

[2004] Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust [2003] Poolhall Junkies [2002] The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller [2002] The Kid [2001] The Hollywood Sign [2001] Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World [2001] The Last Producer [1999] Crazy in Alabama [1998] Modern Vampires

Warren Oates

as Deputy Sam Wood

[1983] Blue Thunder [1982] Sleeping Dogs [1982] The Border [1981] Stripes [1980] Baby Comes Home [1979] My Old Man [1978] China 9, Liberty 37 [1978] True Grit: A Further Adventure [1978] The Brink's Job