In the Heat of the Night(1967)

Name: In the Heat of the Night
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1967-08-02
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.661
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant

They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

7.7

(1,211 votes)

1h 49m

August 2, 1967

Mystery Crime Drama Thriller

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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.

Regisseur: Norman Jewison

Drehbuchautor: Stirling Silliphant