TCM Big Screen Classics 55th Anniversary Spot
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Description
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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Release Date1967
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Runtime1 hr 49 min
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Languageen
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Rating7.7 (1314)
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Genres
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DirectorNorman Jewison
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CastSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesLee GrantLarry GatesJames PattersonWilliam SchallertBeah RichardsPeter WhitneyKermit MurdockLarry D. MannMatt ClarkArthur MaletFred StewartQuentin DeanScott WilsonTimothy ScottWilliam WatsonEldon QuickStuart NisbetKhalil BezaleelPeter MastersonJester HairstonPhil AdamsNikita KnatzSam ReeseAnthony JamesJack TeterAlan OppenheimerClegg HoytBuzz BartonPhil GarrisWarren Kenner
