Watch NowIn the Heat of the Night (1967)
24/08/1967 (GB)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
1h 49m
- 77% (1181 votes)
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They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
Overview
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.
- Norman JewisonDirector
- Stirling SilliphantScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$27,379,978
Keywords
- small town
- southern usa
- police chief
- stolen money
- racial segregation
- racist
- thief
- murder
- youth gang
- racism
- whodunit
- poverty
- false accusations
- police station
- racial tension
- bigotry
- autopsy room
- red herring
- railroad station
- white supremacists
- nymphette
- bigot
- deep south
- cotton plantation
- southern small town
- rumble
- illegal abortionist
- jumping to conclusions
Top Billed Cast
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James
Ralph
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
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