Movie·1967·109 min

In the Heat of the Night

Name: In the Heat of the Night
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1967-08-02
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant

In the Heat of the Night streams in the US on History Vault, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla and 3 more apps, as of October 5, 2026.

They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.

7.7 / 10 · TMDB

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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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