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In the Heat of the Night

PG-13 1967 Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 1h 49m
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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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Movie Score

76%

Released

August 2, 1967,

Director

Norman Jewison

Film Series

Virgil Tibbs Trilogy Movies

Cast

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant, Anthony James

Genre

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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