They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
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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Cast
Sidney Poitier Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James Ralph
William Schallert Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates Eric Endicott
James Patterson Mr. Purdy
Quentin Dean Delores Purdy Kermit Murdock Henderson
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