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In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Directed by Norman Jewison
“They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.”
Crime, Drama, Mystery · 1h 49m
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
Det. Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
K
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
L
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
Matt Clark
Packy Harrison
Crew
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Screenplay
- Stirling Silliphant
- Novel
- John Ball
- Director of Photography
- Haskell Wexler
- Original Music Composer
- Quincy Jones
- Editor
- Hal Ashby
- Producer
- Walter Mirisch
Details
- Release date
- 1967-08-02
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists, The Mirisch Company
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $27,379,978