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.
Full Cast of In the Heat of the Night
Rod Steiger
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
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Scott Wilson
as Harvey Oberst
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Kermit Murdock
as Henderson
Eldon Quick
as Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston
as Endicott's Butler
Khalil Bezaleel
as Jess
Phil Adams
as 1st Tough
Nikita Knatz
as 2nd Tough
Sam Reese
as Clerk
Jack Teter
as Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Buzz Barton
as Conductor (uncredited)
Crew of In the Heat of the Night
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