1971
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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.
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.
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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A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
In the Heat of the Night (1967) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Head-on tackling the overt racism and life-threatening realities of being a black citizen in Mississippi. Taken on by the commanding presence of Sidney as Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs, a Philadelphia ...
Feb 21, 2021 · 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...
