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In the Heat of the Night

PG-13 · 1967 ‧ Thriller/Crime ‧ 1h 49m
7.9/10 · IMDb 76% · Metacritic 96% · Rotten Tomatoes
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but...
Release date: August 2, 1967 (USA)
Director: Norman Jewison
Distributed by: United Artists
Box office: $24.4 million

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Won Seven Golden Globes and based on the critically acclaimed novel and award winning film, the series takes an honest look at life in the new South.