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In the Heat of the Night
1967
109 min
7.7
76.7%
User Score
(1238 votes)
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
Walter Mirisch
STARRING
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant
Videos & Trailers
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Clip
Detective Tibbs Outsmarts the Coroner | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | TCM
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"I'm A Police Officer"
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Train Station Scene
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Autopsy Scene
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Teaser
TCM Big Screen Classics 55th Anniversary Spot
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Mr. Tibbs Slaps Endicott
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Trailer
Official Trailer
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Featurette
Laurence Fishburne on IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
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
Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
