In the Heat of the Night
movie
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
Released August 02, 1967
Overview
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.
Cast
Sidney Poitier
as
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
as
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
as
Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney
as
Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant
as
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James
as
Ralph
William Schallert
as
Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson
as
Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates
as
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
as
Mr. Purdy
Quentin Dean
as
Delores Purdy
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Kermit Murdock
as
Henderson
Crew
Walter Mirisch
as
Producer
Quincy Jones
as
Original Music Composer
Hal Ashby
as
Editor
Haskell Wexler
as
Director of Photography
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John Ball
as
Novel
Norman Jewison
as
Director
Stirling Silliphant
as
Screenplay
Lynn Stalmaster
as
Casting
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Paul Groesse
as
Art Direction
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Robert Priestley
as
Set Decoration
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Del Armstrong
as
Makeup Artist
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Alan Levine
as
Costume Design