In the Heat of the Night
1967
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
- Norman Jewison
- 1h 49m
- August 2, 1967 · United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 2, 1967
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists,The Mirisch Company
- Cast
- Sidney Poitier,Rod Steiger,Warren Oates,Peter Whitney,Lee Grant,Anthony James,William Schallert,Scott Wilson,Larry Gates,James Pattersonand 21 more
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Producer
- Walter Mirisch
- Cinematography
- Haskell Wexler
- Music
- Quincy Jones
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $27,379,978
- IMDb
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