7.634
16.876

Director

Quincy Jones

Writers

Paul Groesse

Cast

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant, Anthony James, Tom Holland,Jake Gyllenhaal,Zendaya

Plot

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.

In the Heat of the Night 1967-08-02

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

BUDGET - $2,000,000.00

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.

CREW
Walter Mirisch
Production
John Ball
Writing
Hal Ashby
Editing
Haskell Wexler
Camera
Stirling Silliphant
Writing
Norman Jewison
Directing