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Released August 2nd, 1967, 'In the Heat of the Night' stars Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min, and received a user score of 76 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 1,086 well-known users.
You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "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."
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'In the Heat of the Night' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on August 2nd, 1967
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Virgil Tibbs Trilogy
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier. The film was followed by two sequels also starring Poitier, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and The Organization (1971). It was also the basis of a 1988 television series adaptation of the same name.
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