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In the Heat of the Night
1967Age guide: 12+
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.…
★ 7.7/10 · 1,307 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Sidney PoitierVirgil Tibbs
Rod SteigerPolice Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren OatesDeputy Sam Wood
Peter WhitneyDeputy Courtney
Lee GrantMrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony JamesRalph
William SchallertMayor Schubert
Scott WilsonHarvey Oberst
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
GenerationofSwine: I have a love/hate thing for how this ended. It looked good but it was too dark... visually. I think they were going… Read full review
CinemaSerf: Warren Oates ("Wood") steps from his patrol car in the quiet town of Sparta and discovers the body of "Colbert" - a controversial… Read full review