In the Heat of the Night
Norman Jewison1967-08-02
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
7.631
109 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Sidney Poitier | Virgil Tibbs | Unowned |
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Rod Steiger | Police Chief Bill Gillespie | Unowned |
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Warren Oates | Deputy Sam Wood | Unowned |
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Peter Whitney | Deputy Courtney | Unowned |
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Lee Grant | Mrs. Leslie Colbert | Unowned |
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Anthony James | Ralph | Unowned |
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William Schallert | Mayor Schubert | Unowned |
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Scott Wilson | Harvey Oberst | Unowned |
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Larry Gates | Eric Endicott | Unowned |
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James Patterson | Mr. Purdy | Unowned |
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Quentin Dean | Delores Purdy | Unowned |
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Kermit Murdock | Henderson | Unowned |
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Larry D. Mann | Watkins | Unowned |
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Matt Clark | Packy | Unowned |
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Beah Richards | Mama Caleba | Unowned |
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Arthur Malet | Ulam | Unowned |
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Fred Stewart | Dr. Stuart | Unowned |
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Timothy Scott | Shagbag | Unowned |
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William Watson | McNeil | Unowned |
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Eldon Quick | Charles Hawthorne | Unowned |
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Jester Hairston | Endicott's Butler | Unowned |
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Stuart Nisbet | Shuie | Unowned |
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Khalil Bezaleel | Jess | Unowned |
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Peter Masterson | Fryer | Unowned |
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Phil Adams | 1st Tough | Unowned |
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Nikita Knatz | 2nd Tough | Unowned |
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Sam Reese | Clerk | Unowned |
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Jack Teter | Philip Colbert (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Alan Oppenheimer | Ted Appleton (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Clegg Hoyt | Deputy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Buzz Barton | Conductor (uncredited) | Unowned |