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In the Heat of the Night
Release Date: August 02, 1967
Year | : | 1967 |
Slogan | : | «They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.» |
Genres | : | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
Production Companies | : | United Artists, The Mirisch Company |
Director | : | Norman Jewison |
Producers | : | Lynn Stalmaster, Allen K. Wood, Hal Ashby, Howard Joslin, Walter Mirisch, Jim Henderling |
Writers | : | Stirling Silliphant, John Ball |
RunTime | : | 109 mins. |
Budget | : | 2000000 |
Revenue | : | 27379978 |
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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Clip: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) | "I'm A Police Officer" Scene | MGM
Clip: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) | Train Station Scene | MGM
Clip: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) | Autopsy Scene | MGM
Teaser: TCM Big Screen Classics 55th Anniversary Spot
Clip: In The Heat Of The Night (1967) | Mr. Tibbs Slaps Endicott | MGM Studios
Trailer: Official Trailer
Featurette: Laurence Fishburne on IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
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