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In the Heat of the Night (1967)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

PG-13 109 minutes EN Crime , Drama , Mystery , Thriller
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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Cast

Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler

Crew

Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Hal Ashby
Editor
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Alan Levine
Costume Design
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
John Moio
Stunts
Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
Assistant Editor
Norman Jewison
Director
Meta Rebner
Script Supervisor
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Jim Henderling
Production Manager
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
John Ball
Novel