In the Heat of the Night
Release date: Aug 2, 1967
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.
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Top Cast
Virgil Tibbs
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Deputy Sam Wood
Deputy Courtney
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Ralph
Mayor Schubert
Harvey Oberst
Eric Endicott
Mr. Purdy
Delores Purdy
Henderson
Watkins
Packy
Mama Caleba
Ulam
Dr. Stuart
Shagbag
McNeil
Charles Hawthorne
Endicott's Butler
Shuie
Jess
Fryer
1st Tough
2nd Tough
Clerk
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Deputy (uncredited)
Conductor (uncredited)
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