In the Heat of the Night
Film · 109 min · English · 1967
Directed by Norman Jewison
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.…
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- United States
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- 2026-09-27
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- MRR-1967-FLM-909116
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