Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
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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.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Norman Jewison
- 1967-08-02
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American 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.
Oct 5, 2012 · An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town. MGM - 1967. Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6hSubscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly ...
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After visiting his mother, 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 ...
- 7 min
- 1705
- The Reel Classic TV & Film Channel
He forms an uneasy alliance with the bigoted police chief (Rod Steiger), who faces mounting pressure from Sparta’s hostile citizens to catch the killer and run the African American interloper out of town.
- Virgil Tibbs
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 Sparta,...
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
In the Heat of the Night (1967) - Rod Steiger as Chief Bill Gillespie - IMDb. Rod Steiger: Chief Bill Gillespie. Showing all 66 items. Jump to: Photos (49) Quotes (17) Photos. 26 more photos. Quotes. Gillespie : Virgil? That's a funny name for a n***er boy that comes from Philadelphia. What do they call you up there?
