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    In the Heat of the Night

    1967 · Mystery · 1h 49m
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  1. In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi.

  2. With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant. A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.

    • (84K)
    • Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    • Norman Jewison
    • 1967-08-02
  3. African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny...

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    • Sidney Poitier
    • Norman Jewison
    • Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
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  5. 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.

  6. A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation. Cast & Crew. Read More. Norman Jewison. Director. Sidney Poitier. Virgil Tibbs. Rod Steiger. Bill Gillespie. Warren Oates. Sam Wood. Lee Grant. Mrs. Leslie Colbert. James Patterson. Purdy. Photos & Videos. View All. 2 Photos.

    • Norman Jewison, Newt Arnold, Terry Morse Jr.
    • Sidney Poitier
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  9. In The Heat Of The Night (1967) This winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture follows the struggle of an African American police detective from Philadelphia who must overcome racism and prejudice to help the sheriff of a small Mississippi town solve a murder.

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