In the Heat of the Night
(1967)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
109min
76%
Overview
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. ...
Sidney Poitier
Acting
Rod Steiger
Acting
Warren Oates
Acting
Virgil Tibbs
Sidney Poitier
Popularity : 10.978
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Rod Steiger
Popularity : 22.443
Deputy Sam Wood
Warren Oates
Popularity : 12.489
Deputy Courtney
Peter Whitney
Popularity : 5.567
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Lee Grant
Popularity : 17.359
Ralph
Anthony James
Popularity : 8.42
Mayor Schubert
William Schallert
Popularity : 13.338
Harvey Oberst
Scott Wilson
Popularity : 8.411
Eric Endicott
Larry Gates
Popularity : 3.795
Mr. Purdy
James Patterson
Popularity : 2.139
Delores Purdy
Quentin Dean
Popularity : 2.051
Henderson
Kermit Murdock
Popularity : 1.771
Watkins
Larry D. Mann
Popularity : 5.52
Packy
Matt Clark
Popularity : 10.901
Mama Caleba
Beah Richards
Popularity : 4.655
Ulam
Arthur Malet
Popularity : 7.62
Dr. Stuart
Fred Stewart
Popularity : 1.243
Shagbag
Timothy Scott
Popularity : 13.567
McNeil
William Watson
Popularity : 1.723
Charles Hawthorne
Eldon Quick
Popularity : 1.329
Endicott's Butler
Jester Hairston
Popularity : 1.195
Shuie
Stuart Nisbet
Popularity : 3.571
Jess
Khalil Bezaleel
Popularity : 0.553
Fryer
Peter Masterson
Popularity : 2.654
1st Tough
Phil Adams
Popularity : 1.819
2nd Tough
Nikita Knatz
Popularity : 0.861
Clerk
Sam Reese
Popularity : 0.733
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Jack Teter
Popularity : 0.001
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer
Popularity : 7.187
Deputy (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt
Popularity : 3.197
Conductor (uncredited)
Buzz Barton
Popularity : 0.001
