Overview - In the Heat of the Night
Date of release
Budget
$2,000,000.00
Revenue
$27,379,978.00
Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: United Artists
Production country United States of America
Name: The Mirisch Company
Production country United States of America
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. 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
Name: Sidney Poitier
Character: Det. Virgil Tibbs
Popularity: 1.8507
Name: Rod Steiger
Character: Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Popularity: 2.0256
Name: Warren Oates
Character: Deputy Sam Wood
Popularity: 1.5971
Name: Lee Grant
Character: Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Popularity: 2.4202
Name: Larry Gates
Character: Eric Endicott
Popularity: 1.1205
Name: James Patterson
Character: Mr. Purdy
Popularity: 0.319
Name: William Schallert
Character: Mayor Schubert
Popularity: 2.3729
Name: Beah Richards
Character: Mama Caleba
Popularity: 1.1441
