In the Heat of the Night

Part of Virgil Tibbs Trilogy

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

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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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Creators

Norman Jewison

director

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John Ball

writer

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Stirling Silliphant

writer

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Alan Bergman

writer

Marilyn Bergman

writer

Cast

Sidney Poitier actor Rod Steiger actor Warren Oates actor Peter Whitney actor Lee Grant actor

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Anthony James actor William Schallert actor Scott Wilson actor

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Larry Gates actor James Patterson actor

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Quentin Dean actor

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Kermit Murdock actor Larry D. Mann actor

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Matt Clark actor Beah Richards actor Arthur Malet actor

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Fred Stewart actor Timothy Scott actor

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William Watson actor

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Eldon Quick actor