In the Heat of the Night
1967 · Directed by Norman Jewison
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney
