In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Movie Details

Original Title In the Heat of the Night

Original Language EN

Budget $2,000,000

Revenue $27,379,978

Status Released

Popularity 2.9

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Virgil Tibbs

Popularity: 0.5

Rod Steiger

Police Chief Bill Gillespie

Popularity: 2.0

Warren Oates

Deputy Sam Wood

Popularity: 1.4

Peter Whitney

Deputy Courtney

Popularity: 1.4

Lee Grant

Mrs. Leslie Colbert

Popularity: 2.6

Anthony James

Ralph

Popularity: 9.0

William Schallert

Mayor Schubert

Popularity: 2.4

Scott Wilson

Harvey Oberst

Popularity: 3.5

Larry Gates

Eric Endicott

Popularity: 0.5

James Patterson

Mr. Purdy

Popularity: 0.5

Quentin Dean

Delores Purdy

Popularity: 0.2

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Kermit Murdock

Henderson

Popularity: 1.2

Key Crew

Director Norman Jewison

Screenplay Stirling Silliphant

Producer Walter Mirisch

Editor Hal Ashby

Production

United Artists

The Mirisch Company

Videos & Trailers

Detective Tibbs Outsmarts the Coroner | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | TCM

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"I'm A Police Officer"

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Train Station Scene

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Autopsy Scene

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TCM Big Screen Classics 55th Anniversary Spot

Teaser

Mr. Tibbs Slaps Endicott

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Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

small town southern usa police chief stolen money racial segregation racist murder youth gang racism whodunit poverty false accusations police station racial tension bigotry autopsy room red herring railroad station white supremacists nymphette

Reviews from TMDB

GenerationofSwine 10/10

Jan 11, 2023

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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

May 22, 2023

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 ... Read more