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.
Top Billed Cast
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Featured Crew
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Hal Ashby
Editor
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
John Ball
Novel
Norman Jewison
Director
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Alan Levine
Costume Design
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