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In the Heat of the Night

76.27 %|Aug 2, 1967|Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Featured Crew

Walter Mirisch
Producer
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
John Ball
Novel
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Hal Ashby
Editor
Norman Jewison
Director
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting

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Cast

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Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
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Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
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Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
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Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
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Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
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William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
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Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
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Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
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Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
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Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
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Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
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Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
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Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
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Phil Adams
1st Tough
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Nikita Knatz
2nd Tough
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Jack Teter
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
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Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
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Clegg Hoyt
Deputy (uncredited)
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Buzz Barton
Conductor (uncredited)