In the Heat of the Night

Drama, Mystery, Crime

Sidney Poitier	Det. Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger	Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates	Off. Sam Wood
Lee Grant	Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Larry Gates	Eric Endicott
James Patterson	Purdy
William Schallert	Mayor Webb Schubert
Beah Richards	Mama Caleba, aka Mrs. Bellamy
Peter Whitney	Off. George Courtney
Kermit Murdock	H.E. Henderson

Director	Norman Jewison
Producer	Walter Mirisch
Writer	John Ball; Stirling Silliphant

An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.