Directed by:
Norman JewisonScreenplay:
Stirling SilliphantCinematography:
Haskell WexlerComposer:
Quincy JonesCast:
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Kermit Murdock, Matt Clark, Larry D. Mann (more)VOD (2)
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Small-town Mississippi sheriff Gillespie (Rod Steiger) is forced to collaborate on a murder investigation with Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black homicide detective from Philadelphia who was initially mistaken for a suspect based on the colour of his skin. At first, the pair find themselves totally at odds with each other, but as the investigation proceeds they each learn to respect one another's talents. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Sidney Poitier
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Rod Steiger
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Der Zauberberg (1982)
The Longest Day (1962)
Warren Oates
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Lee Grant
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Detective Story (1951)
Larry Gates
USA
Best movies:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Airport (1970)
James Patterson
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Lilith (1964)
Castle Keep (1969)
William Schallert
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Beah Richards
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Kermit Murdock
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Matt Clark
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Brubaker (1980)
Larry D. Mann
Canada
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Scott Wilson
USA
Best movies:
The Last Samurai (2003)
In Cold Blood (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Fred Stewart
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Quentin Dean
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Will Penny (1967)
Peter Masterson
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Anthony James
USA
Best movies:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Unforgiven (1992)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Alan Oppenheimer
USA
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Little Big Man (1970)
Peter Whitney
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Big Heat (1953)
Arthur Malet
UK
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
King Rat (1965)
Timothy Scott
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)