Directed by Norman Jewison
Starring Sidney Poitier · Rod Steiger · Warren Oates · Peter Whitney
Original language: English
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They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
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 PoitierVirgil Tibbs
- Rod SteigerPolice Chief Bill Gillespie
- Warren OatesDeputy Sam Wood
- Peter WhitneyDeputy Courtney
- Lee GrantMrs. Leslie Colbert
- Anthony JamesRalph
- William SchallertMayor Schubert
- Scott WilsonHarvey Oberst
Details
- Directed by
- Norman Jewison
- Written by
- Stirling Silliphant, John Ball
- Released
- 1967-08-02
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
