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.| Status: | Released (1967-08-02) |
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| Awards: | Won 5 Oscars. 23 wins & 16 nominations total |
| Screen: | Stirling Silliphant, John Ball |
| Productions: | United Artists, The Mirisch Company |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 16897: Sidney Poitier - Virgil Tibbs
- 522: Rod Steiger - Police Chief Bill Gillespie
- 8255: Warren Oates - Deputy Sam Wood
- 89527: Peter Whitney - Deputy Courtney
- 30123: Lee Grant - Mrs. Leslie Colbert
- 3715: Anthony James - Ralph
- 15992: William Schallert - Mayor Schubert
Crews
- 66066: John Ball - Novel - Writing
- 13563: Norman Jewison - Director - Directing
- 6779: Stirling Silliphant - Screenplay - Writing
- 14523: Walter Mirisch - Producer - Production
- 13301: Quincy Jones - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 7067: Haskell Wexler - Director of Photography - Camera
- 4964: Hal Ashby - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
GenerationofSwine
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I have a love/hate thing for how this ended. It looked good but it was too dark... visually. I think they were going for a source lighting thing and failed a bit. It was realistically dark but not Hollywood viewer in mind dark. Anyway the bad is out of the way, the good is the ....
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Warren Oates ("Wood") steps from his patrol car in the quiet town of Sparta and discovers the body of "Colbert" - a controversial local employer. Shortly afterwards he discovers "TIbbs" (Sidney Poitier) sitting waiting for the 4.05 train. He is black and there is a wealthy white murd ....
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