In the Heat of the Night — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Directed by Norman Jewison

• Sidney Poitier
  as Virgil Tibbs
• Rod Steiger
  as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
• Warren Oates
  as Deputy Sam Wood
• Peter Whitney
  as Deputy Courtney
• Lee Grant
  as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
• Anthony James
  as Ralph

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