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  1. In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi.

  2. With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant. A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.

    • (84K)
    • Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    • Norman Jewison
    • 1967-08-02
  3. Aug 7, 2022 · Head-on tackling the overt racism and life-threatening realities of being a black citizen in Mississippi. Taken on by the commanding presence of Sidney as Virgil Tibbs....

    • 127 min
    • 20.9K
    • crucial classics movie reactions
  4. African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of...

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    • Sidney Poitier
    • Norman Jewison
    • Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
  5. African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny...

    • 3 min
    • 231.1K
    • Amazon MGM Studios
  6. In the Heat of the Night. Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case.

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  8. African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.