In the Heat of the Night
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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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Sidney Poitier
as Virgil Tibbs
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Rod Steiger
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
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Warren Oates
as Deputy Sam Wood
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Peter Whitney
as Deputy Courtney
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Lee Grant
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
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Anthony James
as Ralph
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William Schallert
as Mayor Schubert
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Scott Wilson
as Harvey Oberst
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Larry Gates
as Eric Endicott
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James Patterson
as Mr. Purdy
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