Movie · 109 min · crm, drm, trl
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.
Where to watch In the Heat of the Night
Available on 5 platforms across 7 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 6 countries, best placed at #510 in Philippines.
- Philippines #510
- Singapore #569
- Brazil #616
- Thailand #632
- South Korea #725
- Venezuela #740
Available languages
Audio: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, NB, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Chart history
In the Heat of the Night has spent 0 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 30 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #10.
Cast
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant, Anthony James, William Schallert, Scott Wilson, Larry Gates, James Patterson, Quentin Dean, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Beah Richards, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Timothy Scott
Crew
Walter Mirisch (producer), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay), Norman Jewison (director)
Awards
5 wins from 12 nominations.
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 1968 — won
- Academy Award for Best Actor 1968 — won
- Academy Award for Best Sound 1968 — won
- Academy Award for Best Picture 1968 — won
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1968 — won
- Academy Award for Best Picture 1968 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1968 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Director 1968 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Sound Editing 1968 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 1968 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Actor 1968 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Sound 1968 — nominated