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In the Heat of the Night (1967)

ALL 08/02/1967 (en) Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller 109 Min
  • Release
    08/02/1967
  • Production
    United Artists, The Mirisch Company
  • Rotten tomato
    76.27%
  • Original title
    In the Heat of the Night
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 27,379,978.00
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They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

Overview

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.

  1. Norman Jewison

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Hal Ashby

    Editor

  4. Walter Mirisch

    Producer



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  1. Sidney Poitier

    Virgil Tibbs

  2. Rod Steiger

    Police Chief Bill Gillespie

  3. Warren Oates

    Deputy Sam Wood

  4. Peter Whitney

    Deputy Courtney

  5. Lee Grant

    Mrs. Leslie Colbert

  6. Anthony James

    Ralph

  7. William Schallert

    Mayor Schubert

  8. Scott Wilson

    Harvey Oberst

  9. Larry Gates

    Eric Endicott

  10. James Patterson

    Mr. Purdy

  11. Quentin Dean

    Delores Purdy

  12. Kermit Murdock

    Henderson

  13. Larry D. Mann

    Watkins

  14. Matt Clark

    Packy

  15. Beah Richards

    Mama Caleba

  16. Arthur Malet

    Ulam

  17. Fred Stewart

    Dr. Stuart

  18. Timothy Scott

    Shagbag

  19. William Watson

    McNeil

  20. Eldon Quick

    Charles Hawthorne

  21. Jester Hairston

    Endicott's Butler

  22. Stuart Nisbet

    Shuie

  23. Khalil Bezaleel

    Jess

  24. Peter Masterson

    Fryer

  25. Phil Adams

    1st Tough

  26. Nikita Knatz

    2nd Tough

  27. Sam Reese

    Clerk

  28. Jack Teter

    Philip Colbert (uncredited)

  29. Alan Oppenheimer

    Ted Appleton (uncredited)

  30. Clegg Hoyt

    Deputy (uncredited)

  31. Buzz Barton

    Conductor (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 31 , Crews : 39

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In the Heat of the Night (1967) 109 Min

ALL 08/02/1967 (en)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • Release 08/02/1967
  • Production
    United Artists, The Mirisch Company
  • Original title In the Heat of the Night
  • en
  • Revenue27,379,978.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Norman Jewison

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Hal Ashby

    Editor

  4. Walter Mirisch

    Producer



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