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In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (1967) - Where to Watch

Audience Score
77

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Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the United Artists, The Mirisch Company drama flick. In the Heat of the Night starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney has a PG-13 rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min. The release date of the movie is August 2nd, 1967. The movie received a user score of 77/100 on TMDb, which reflects reviews from 1,217 real users.

Ready to dive into the plot? Here's the plot: "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."

'In the Heat of the Night' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on August 2nd, 1967
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 9th, 2001 - Buy In the Heat of the Night DVD

Virgil Tibbs Trilogy Movies

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier. The film was followed by two sequels also starring Poitier, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and The Organization (1971). It was also the basis of a 1988 television series adaptation of the same name.