In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
Overview
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.
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Novel
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Top Billed Cast
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Virgil Tibbs
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Police Chief Bill Gillespie
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Deputy Sam Wood
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Deputy Courtney
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Mrs. Leslie Colbert
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Ralph
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Mayor Schubert
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Harvey Oberst
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Eric Endicott
A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on January 11, 2023
Status Released
Original Language English
Budget $2,000,000.00
Revenue $27,379,978.00
Keywords
- southern usa
- small town
- police chief
- racial segregation
- racist
- stolen money
- murder
- youth gang
- racism
- whodunit
- poverty
- false accusations
- police station
- racial tension
- bigotry
- autopsy room
- red herring
- railroad station
- white supremacists
- nymphette
- bigot
- deep south
- cotton plantation
- southern small town
- rumble
- illegal abortionist
- petty thief
- jumping to conclusions
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100
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