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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Rating7.655 (1187)
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Genres
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DirectorNorman Jewison
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CastSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesPeter WhitneyLee GrantAnthony JamesWilliam SchallertScott WilsonLarry GatesJames PattersonQuentin DeanKermit MurdockLarry D. MannMatt ClarkBeah RichardsArthur MaletFred StewartTimothy ScottWilliam WatsonEldon QuickJester HairstonStuart NisbetKhalil BezaleelPeter MastersonPhil AdamsNikita KnatzSam ReeseJack TeterAlan OppenheimerClegg HoytBuzz Barton