In the Heat of the Night

Showings

Avalon 1 Sun, Feb 19, 2023 10:30 AM
Film Info
Release Year:1967
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Production Country:USA
Original Langauge:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Norman Jewison
Cast:Lee Grant
Peter Whitney
Rod Steiger
Sidney Poitier
Warren Oates

Description

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.