In the Heat of the Night
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
1967-08-02
United States of America
109 minutes.
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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.
Year 1967
Studio United Artists, The Mirisch Company
Director Norman Jewison
Crew John Ball (Novel), Norman Jewison (Director), Stirling Silliphant (Screenplay), Walter Mirisch (Producer), Quincy Jones (Original Music Composer), Haskell Wexler (Director of Photography)
Popularity 22
Language English
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