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In the Heat of the Night
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.
Release: Aug 02, 1967
Crew: John Ball (Novel), Norman Jewison (Director), Stirling Silliphant (Screenplay), Walter Mirisch (Producer), Quincy Jones (Original Music Composer), Haskell Wexler (Director of Photography)
Language: English
Studio: United Artists, The Mirisch Company
Keyword: small town, southern usa, black people, police chief, stolen money, racial segregation, racist, murder, youth gang, whodunit, poverty, false accusations, police station, racial tension, autopsy room, red herring, railroad station, white supremacists, nymphette, bigot, deep south, cotton plantation, southern small town, rumble, illegal abortionist, petty thief, jumping to conclusions
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