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Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Movie1967109 minReleasedUS PG-13
In the Heat of the Night
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.
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller
Crew
Key crew roles and departments.
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Production
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Sound
Hal Ashby
Editor
Editing
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Camera
JB
John Ball
Novel
Writing
Norman Jewison
Director
Directing
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Writing
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Production
PG
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Art
RP
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Art
DA
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up
AL
Alan Levine
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
