In the Heat of the Night (1967)

08/02/1967 1h 49m

They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Sidney Poitier

as Virgil Tibbs

Born 02/20/1927

Died 01/07/2022, age

Rod Steiger

as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

Born 04/14/1925

Died 07/09/2002, age

Warren Oates

as Deputy Sam Wood

Born 07/05/1928

Died 04/03/1982, age

Peter Whitney

as Deputy Courtney

Born 05/24/1916

Died 03/30/1972, age

Lee Grant

as Mrs. Leslie Colbert

Born 10/31/1925, age

Scott Wilson

as Harvey Oberst

Born 03/29/1942

Died 10/06/2018, age

Larry Gates

as Eric Endicott

Born 09/24/1915

Died 12/12/1996, age

Matt Clark

as Packy

Born 11/25/1936, age

Arthur Malet

as Ulam

Born 09/24/1927, age

Peter Masterson

as Fryer

Born 06/01/1934

Died 12/18/2018, age

Alan Oppenheimer

as Ted Appleton (uncredited)

Born 04/23/1930, age