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In the Heat of the Night

They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

7.7(1,312)19671h 49m6

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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Status
Released
Budget
$2M
Box office
$27.4M
Language
English
Part of Virgil Tibbs Trilogy · 3 films
  • small town
  • southern usa
  • police chief
  • stolen money
  • racial segregation
  • racist
  • thief
  • murder
  • youth gang
  • racism
  • whodunit
  • poverty

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-132 Aug 1967
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon24 Aug 1967
    • Theatrical121 Sept 1967
    • TheatricalRe-release18 Nov 2016
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • TV19 Jun 2010
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical1 Mar 1968
    • PhysicalM1 Jan 1985
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical18A18 Aug 1967
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical25 Oct 1967
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical15 Mar 1968
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1821 Mar 1968
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1230 Oct 1967
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical3 May 1968
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-164 Apr 1968
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1 Mar 1968
    • TheatricalRe-release9 May 2012

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In the Heat of the Night was released on 2 August 1967.

Audience reviews

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    GenerationofSwine

    1/11/2023

    10/10

    I have a love/hate thing for how this ended. It looked good but it was too dark... visually. I think they were going for a source lighting thing and failed a bit. It was realistically dark but not Hollywood viewer in mind dark. Anyway the bad is out of the way, the good is the performance, it was really Oscar worthy in the truest sense, and the evolution of both the lead character and the supporting cast right …

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    CinemaSerf

    5/22/2023

    7/10

    Warren Oates ("Wood") steps from his patrol car in the quiet town of Sparta and discovers the body of "Colbert" - a controversial local employer. Shortly afterwards he discovers "TIbbs" (Sidney Poitier) sitting waiting for the 4.05 train. He is black and there is a wealthy white murder victim on the street - ergo, two and two... Next thing, though, the police chief "Gillespie" (Rod Steiger) is interrogating their vis…

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