In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 United States of America Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller It stars Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney. 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.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Country: United States of America
- Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant, Anthony James, William Schallert, Scott Wilson, Larry Gates, James Patterson, Quentin Dean, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Beah Richards