In the Heat of the Night
"They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it."
Overview
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. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
About In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Released in 1967, In the Heat of the Night is a crime, drama and mystery film from United Artists (United States of America). It was directed by Norman Jewison and written by Stirling Silliphant. The cast is led by Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney and Lee Grant. With a runtime of 1h 49m, the film averages 7.7/10 across 1,301 TMDB ratings. It was made on a budget of $2,000,000 and went on to gross $27,379,978 worldwide.
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