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.
Virgil Tibbs
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Deputy Sam Wood
Deputy Courtney
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Ralph
Mayor Schubert
Harvey Oberst
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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.
Movie / 1967
Movie / 1968
Movie / 2013
Movie / 1977
Movie / 1998
Movie / 1941
Movie / 1967
Movie / 1970
Movie / 1933
Movie / 2004
Movie / 1978
Movie / 1970
Movie / 2022
Movie / 1988
Movie / 1968
Movie / 1957
Movie / 1933
Movie / 1966
Movie / 1973
Movie / 1944