| Title: | In the Heat of the Night |
| Sensity: | No |
| Imdb Rate: | 7.637 |
| Imdb Votes: | 1030 |
| Duration: | 109 mins |
| Year: | 1967 |
| Language: | English, |
| Genre: | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, |
| Country: | United States of America, |
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Plot:
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.
Tags:
small town,
southern usa,
black people,
police chief,
stolen money,
racial segregation,
racist,
murder,
youth gang,
whodunit,
poverty,
false accusations,
police station,
racial tension,
autopsy room,
red herring,
railroad station,
white supremacists,
nymphette,
bigot,
deep south,
cotton plantation,
southern small town,
rumble,
illegal abortionist,
petty thief,
jumping to conclusions,
preserved film,
Actors - Crew
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James
Ralph
Ralph
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Producer
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Hal Ashby
Editor
Editor
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
John Ball
Novel
Novel
Norman Jewison
Director
Director
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