In the Heat of the Night
PG-13 · 1967 ‧ Thriller/Crime ‧ 1h 49m
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African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but...
Release date: August 2, 1967 (USA)
Director: Norman Jewison
Distributed by: United Artists
Adapted from: In the Heat of the Night
Budget: $2 million
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It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in ...
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A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being ...
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Synopsis African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the ...
Duration: 2:46
Posted: Feb 21, 2021
Posted: Feb 21, 2021
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Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case.
Stars Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger; features Warren Oates, Lee Grant. Directed by Norman Jewison. Screenplay Stirling Silliphant, based on the novel by John Ball ...
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Starring Academy AwardÂ(r) winners* Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant, this provocative mystery thriller won** five 1967 OscarsÂ(r), including Best ...
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This winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture follows the struggle of an African American police detective from Philadelphia who must overcome racism and ...
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama movie directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name.
Duration: 9:30
Posted: Jan 24, 2010
Posted: Jan 24, 2010