In the Heat of the Night
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
109 mins
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.
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
Khalil Bezaleel
Jess
Phil Adams
1st Tough
Nikita Knatz
2nd Tough
Sam Reese
Clerk
Jack Teter
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Buzz Barton
Conductor (uncredited)
John Ball
Novel
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Alan Levine
Costume Design
Jim Henderling
Production Manager
Walter Goss
Sound
Kevin F. Cleary
Sound
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Howard Joslin
Unit Production Manager
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joseph Musso
Production Illustrator
Charles Cooper
Sound
Morris Rosen
Grip
John Moio
Stunts
Don Stott
Gaffer
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Ross A. Maehl
Gaffer
Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
Assistant Editor
Meta Rebner
Script Supervisor
Ralph Gerling
Camera Operator
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Stephen R. Ferry
Props
James A. Richards
Sound Editor
Murray Naidich
Title Designer
Newt Arnold
Second Assistant Director
Terry Morse Jr.
First Assistant Director