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.

Directed by: Norman Jewison
Written by: Stirling Silliphant
Runtime: 109 minutes
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Tagline: They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
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Cast:
Warren Oates Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood 
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs 
Rod Steiger Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie 
Matt Clark Matt Clark
Packy 
Larry Gates Larry Gates
Eric Endicott 
Lee Grant Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert 
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Also known as:
  • Al calor de la noche
  • De Nacht van Inspecteur Tibbs
  • Gecenin sicaginda
  • In caldura noptii
  • In der Hitze der Nacht
  • Istoria enos eglimatos
  • Natten var het
  • No Calor da Noite
  • U vrelini noći
  • W upalna noc
  • Душной южной ночью
  • Опівнічна жара
  • Среднощна жега
  • У врелини ноћи
  • 밤의 열기 속에서