In the Heat of the Night

Name: In the Heat of the Night
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1967-08-02
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant

1967 · 1h 50m · Crime, Drama

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…