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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
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Timothy Scott
Shagbag
Matt Clark
Packy
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Anthony James
Ralph
Arthur Malet
Ulam
Ray Charles
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Stuart Nisbet
Shuie
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
William Watson
McNeil
Clegg Hoyt
Deputy (uncredited)
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
Alan Bergman
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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