In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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

TMDb

7.6

02/08/1967 • 1h 49m
original-title

In the Heat of the Night

status

Released

production-companies

United Artists

The Mirisch Company

original-language

English

budget

$2,000,000

revenue

$27,379,978

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.

production-countries

United States of America

spoken-languages

English

Part of the Virgil Tibbs Trilogy

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Virgil Tibbs Trilogy

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