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