Carroll O'Connor
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
Search results
Cast
Episode Guide
- 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.
In the Heat of the Night: Created by James Lee Barrett. With Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart, Hugh O'Connor. The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.
- (6.2K)
- 16 sec
- TV-14
- 38
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 and was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988-May 19, 1992 before moving to CBS, where it aired from October 28, 1992-May 16, 1995.
- 7
- 142 + 4 TV movies (list of episodes)
- March 6, 1988 –, May 16, 1995
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 million
- Quincy Jones
- August 2, 1967
- Walter Mirisch
People also ask
Who are the actors in the heat of the night?
What happened to in the heat of the night?
Who is Virgil Tibbs in 'the heat of the night'?
Who is in the heat of the night by James Lee Barrett?
In the Heat of the Night: Directed by Norman Jewison. 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.
- Norman Jewison
- 295
- 3 min
Planet of the Apes First Reviews. In the Heat of the Night. Released Aug 2, 1967 1h 49m Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller List. 96% 90 Reviews Tomatometer 92% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score African ...
- (1.2K)
- Sidney Poitier
- Norman Jewison
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
After a wealthy factory owner's murdered, racist Mississippi cops accuse black Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs of the crime. Once they learn of his identity, they reluctantly seek his help. As Tibbs displays his skills as a detective, he begins to win the respect, protection, and ultimately friendship of the Police Chief Bill Gillepsie.
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. 4,794 IMDb 7.9 1 h 50 min 1967. X-Ray 18+.
