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In the Heat of the Night
1967, Aug 02
1h 49m
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.
Directed by
Norman Jewison
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Timothy Scott
Shagbag
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Stuart Nisbet
Shuie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
Matt Clark
Packy
William Watson
McNeil
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Ray Charles
Anthony James
Ralph
Arthur Malet
Ulam
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
Alan Bergman
Clegg Hoyt
Deputy (uncredited)
Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
Khalil Bezaleel
Jess
Phil Adams
1st Tough
Sam Reese
Clerk
Jack Teter
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Buzz Barton
Conductor (uncredited)
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