In the Heat of the Night

August. 02,1967      PG-13
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Sidney Poitier as  Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger as  Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates as  Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney as  Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant as  Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James as  Ralph
William Schallert as  Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson as  Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates as  Eric Endicott
James Patterson as  Mr. Purdy

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