Carroll O'Connor
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
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- 1. Pilot Mar 6, 1988
- Bill Gillespie is reunited with Virgil Tibbs in Sparta, Miss.
- 2. Pilot Mar 6, 1988
- A high-school girl's murder is investigated by Gillespie and Tubbs.
- 3. Road Kill Mar 15, 1988
- Gillespie and Tibbs have conflicting suspicions about a woman's murder.
A crime drama set in a small town in the American South, featuring a police chief, an investigator and a lieutenant. The series ran from 1988 to 1995 and won a Primetime Emmy.
- (6.3K)
- 1988-03-06
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 60
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 .
In the Heat of the Night. (TV series) In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs. The series was broadcast on NBC from March ...
A classic crime drama starring Sidney Poitier as a black detective in a racist Mississippi town. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
- (84K)
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Norman Jewison
- 1967-08-02
A classic crime drama starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger as a black detective and a racist sheriff in a small-town murder case. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and rent or buy the movie on Fandango, Prime Video, or Apple TV.
- (90)
- Sidney Poitier
- Norman Jewison
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
John Ball's novel In the Heat of the Night (1965) was the first of seven to depict the exploits of Pasadena police detective Virgil Tibbs. Set in Wells, SC, it follows his uneasy alliance with local police chief Bill Gillespie in the investigation of a murder for which he originally was arrested simply for being black.
A black Philadelphia detective helps a racist Mississippi police chief solve a murder case in a racially hostile town. The film explores the themes of racism, justice, and friendship in a tense and suspenseful story.
