Title: In the Heat of the Night (1967)
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
Genres: Crime , Drama , Mystery , Thriller
Actors: Sidney Poitier , Rod Steiger , Warren Oates , Lee Grant , Larry Gates , James Patterson , William Schallert , Beah Richards , Peter Whitney , Kermit Murdock , Larry D. Mann , Matt Clark , Arthur Malet , Fred Stewart , Quentin Dean
Runtime: 109
Year: 1967
Plot:
Detective Virgil Tibbs is caught up in the racial tension of the US South when he is arrested after the murder of a prominent businessman. Tibbs was simply waiting
for his next train at the station in Sparta| Mississippi and the confusion is soon resolved but when local police chief Gillespie learns that Tibbs is the
Philadelphia PD's number one homicide expert| he reluctantly asks for his assistance. The murdered man| Mr. Colbert| had come to Sparta from the North to build a new
factory and his wife and business associates immediately point the finger at Endicott| the most powerful man in the county and the one who had the most to lose if a
major new employer comes to the area. Tibbs' life is clearly in danger but he perseveres in a highly charged and racially explosive environment until the killer is
found.