In the Heat of the Night
- Released on
- Runtime
- 109 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Sidney Poitier
- Rod Steiger
- Warren Oates
- Peter Whitney
- Lee Grant
- Anthony James
- William Schallert
- Scott Wilson
- Larry Gates
- James Patterson
- Quentin Dean
- Kermit Murdock
- Larry D. Mann
- Matt Clark
- Beah Richards
- Arthur Malet
- Fred Stewart
- Timothy Scott
- William Watson
- Eldon Quick
- Jester Hairston
- Stuart Nisbet
- Khalil Bezaleel
- Peter Masterson
- Phil Adams
- Nikita Knatz
- Sam Reese
- Jack Teter
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Clegg Hoyt
- Buzz Barton
Director
- Norman Jewison
Producers
- Walter Mirisch
Screenwriter
- Stirling Silliphant
