In the Heat of the Night [10633]
Released: 1967-08-02
Revenue: $27,379,978
Budget: $2,000,000
Profit: $25,379,978
Runtime: 109 mins
Popularity: 3.0676
Vote Average: 7.6
Vote Count: 1,134
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 [31]
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gi
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James
Ralph
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
Matt Clark
Packy
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Arthur Malet
Ulam
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
Timothy Scott
Shagbag
William Watson
McNeil
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
Stuart Nisbet
Shuie
Khalil Bezaleel
Jess
Peter Masterson
Fryer
Phil Adams
1st Tough
Nikita Knatz
2nd Tough
Sam Reese
Clerk
Jack Teter
Philip Colbert
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton
Clegg Hoyt
Deputy
Buzz Barton
Conductor

Trailers
  1. Detective Tibbs Outsmarts the Coroner | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | TCM
  2. "I'm A Police Officer"
  3. Train Station Scene
  4. Autopsy Scene
  5. TCM Big Screen Classics 55th Anniversary Spot
  6. Mr. Tibbs Slaps Endicott
  7. Official Trailer
  8. Laurence Fishburne on IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
  9. In the Heat of the Night (1967) Discussion with Lee Grant, Walter Mirisch and Norman Jewison
  10. Rod Steiger winning an OscarĀ® for Best Actor