In the Heat of the NightMovie
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.
About In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 crime, drama, mystery movie directed by Norman Jewison.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 49m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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