In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Norman Jewison
Genres : Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Status : Released
Released : Aug 2, 1967
Tagline : They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
Length : 109 minutes
Cast
- Sidney Poitier
- Rod Steiger
- Warren Oates
- Peter Whitney
- Lee Grant
- Anthony James
- William Schallert
- Scott Wilson
- Larry Gates
- James Patterson
- Quentin Dean
- Kermit Murdock
- Larry D. Mann
- Matt Clark
- Beah Richards
- Arthur Malet
- Fred Stewart
- Timothy Scott
- William Watson
- Eldon Quick
- Jester Hairston
- Stuart Nisbet
- Khalil Bezaleel
- Peter Masterson
- Phil Adams
- Nikita Knatz
- Sam Reese
- Jack Teter
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Clegg Hoyt
- Buzz Barton
Crew
- Producer : Walter Mirisch
- Novel : John Ball
- Editor : Hal Ashby
- Director of Photography : Haskell Wexler
- Screenplay : Stirling Silliphant
- Director : Norman Jewison
- Original Music Composer : Quincy Jones
- Casting : Lynn Stalmaster
- Costume Design : Alan Levine
- Makeup Artist : Del Armstrong
- Set Decoration : Robert Priestley
- Art Direction : Paul Groesse
- Production Manager : Jim Henderling
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : Clem Portman
- Unit Production Manager : Howard Joslin
- Sound : Kevin F. Cleary
- Production Illustrator : Joseph Musso
- Production Supervisor : Allen K. Wood
- Grip : Morris Rosen
- Gaffer : Ross A. Maehl
- Sound : Charles Cooper
- Stunts : John Moio
- Assistant Editor : Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
- Script Supervisor : Meta Rebner
- Sound : Walter Goss
- Gaffer : Don Stott
- Music Editor : Richard Carruth
- Camera Operator : Ralph Gerling
- Lyricist : Alan Bergman
- Songs : Quincy Jones
- Lyricist : Marilyn Bergman
- Title Designer : Wayne Fitzgerald
- Props : Stephen R. Ferry
- Vocals : Ray Charles
- Second Assistant Director : Newt Arnold
- Producer's Assistant : Hal Ashby
- First Assistant Director : Terry Morse Jr.
- Sound Editor : James A. Richards
- Title Designer : Murray Naidich