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In the Heat of the Night (1967)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Drama Crime Thriller Mystery

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

Release Date: 1967, August 2
Directors: Norman Jewison
Countries: United States of America
Production: United Artists, The Mirisch Company
Cast: James Patterson, Alan Oppenheimer, Stuart Nisbet, Arthur Malet, Scott Wilson, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant, William Schallert, Matt Clark, Anthony James, Larry D. Mann, Sidney Poitier

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.

Keywords:

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