In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.)

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.

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Top Cast

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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