In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

7.7IMDb Score
Released:1967-08-02
Genre:Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Duration:109 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Norman Jewison
Actors:Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant
Production:United Artists, The Mirisch Company

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.

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