The movie "In the Heat of the Night" 1967
1967 - Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Crime, Drama, Mystery
African-American Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs is wrongly arrested for murder in the small town of Sparta, Mississippi, by its racist police chief, Bill Gillespie. After proving his innocence, Tibbs joins Gillespie to find the real killer. Norman Jewison's film, with Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, is based on John Ball's novel and won Best Picture in 1968. More »
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