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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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Actor: Warren Oates, Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Lee Grant, Beah Richards, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert
Director: Norman Jewison
Country: United States
Duration: 110 min
Quality: HD
Release: 1967
IMDb: 8
Keywords: in the heat of the night