In the Heat of the Night
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
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
Sidney PoitierDet. Virgil Tibbs 
Rod SteigerPolice Chief Bill Gillespie 
Warren OatesDeputy Sam Wood 
Lee GrantMrs. Leslie Colbert 
Larry GatesEric Endicott 
James PattersonMr. Purdy 
William SchallertMayor Schubert 
Beah RichardsMama Caleba 
Peter WhitneyDeputy Courtney - K
Kermit MurdockHenderson - L
Larry D. MannWatkins 
Matt ClarkPacky Harrison 
Arthur MaletUlam 
Fred StewartDr. Stuart 
Quentin DeanDelores Purdy 
Scott WilsonHarvey Oberst
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