In the Heat of the Night

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.

Directed by Norman Jewison

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TrailerOfficial TrailerTeaserTCM Big Screen Classics 55th Anniversary SpotClipDetective Tibbs Outsmarts the Coroner | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | TCMClip"I'm A Police Officer"ClipTrain Station SceneClipAutopsy SceneClipMr. Tibbs Slaps EndicottFeaturetteLaurence Fishburne on IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHTFeaturetteIn the Heat of the Night (1967) Discussion with Lee Grant, Walter Mirisch and Norman JewisonFeaturetteRod Steiger winning an Oscar® for Best Actor

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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Virgil Tibbs

Rod Steiger

Police Chief Bill Gillespie

Warren Oates

Deputy Sam Wood

Peter Whitney

Deputy Courtney

Lee Grant

Mrs. Leslie Colbert

Anthony James

Ralph

William Schallert

Mayor Schubert

Scott Wilson

Harvey Oberst

Larry Gates

Eric Endicott

James Patterson

Mr. Purdy

Quentin Dean

Delores Purdy

Kermit Murdock

Henderson

Larry D. Mann

Watkins

Matt Clark

Packy

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