In the Heat of the Night
(1967)

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

Released: 1967-08-02

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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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Sidney Poitier

as Virgil Tibbs

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Rod Steiger

as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

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Warren Oates

as Deputy Sam Wood

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Peter Whitney

as Deputy Courtney

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Lee Grant

as Mrs. Leslie Colbert

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William Schallert

as Mayor Schubert

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Scott Wilson

as Harvey Oberst

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Larry Gates

as Eric Endicott

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Quentin Dean

as Delores Purdy

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Kermit Murdock

as Henderson

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Fred Stewart

as Dr. Stuart

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Eldon Quick

as Charles Hawthorne

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Quincy Jones

Original Music Composer

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Haskell Wexler

Director of Photography

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Paul Groesse

Art Direction

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Robert Priestley

Set Decoration

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Alan Levine

Costume Design

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Del Armstrong

Makeup Artist

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Jim Henderling

Production Manager

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Howard Joslin

Unit Production Manager

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Allen K. Wood

Production Supervisor

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Joseph Musso

Production Illustrator

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Clem Portman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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