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Average Rating
7.7
Based on 1224 votes
Release Status
Released
02 Aug 1967
Runtime
01:49
109 minutes
Budget
$2,000,000
in USD
Revenue
$27,379,978
in USD

In the Heat of the Night

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.

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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Production Companies
United Artists

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