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In the Heat of the Night

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

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.

19671h 49mPG-13Crime, Drama, Mystery

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About In the Heat of the Night

Directors
Norman Jewison
Cast
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Content rating
PG-13
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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