1967 · Crime, Drama

In the Heat of the Night

They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

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Released
02 Aug 1967
Runtime
109 min
Rating
PG-13
Director
Norman Jewison
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Budget
$2,000,000
Box office
$27,379,978
Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Synopsis

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.

Cast
Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Warren Oates Peter Whitney Lee Grant Anthony James William Schallert Scott Wilson Larry Gates James Patterson Quentin Dean Kermit Murdock Larry D. Mann Matt Clark Beah Richards
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