In the Heat of the Night
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.
Keywords:
Small town
Southern usa
Black people
Police chief
Stolen money
Racial segregation
Racist
Murder
Youth gang
Whodunit
Poverty
False accusations
Police station
Racial tension
Autopsy room
Red herring
Railroad station
White supremacists
Nymphette
Bigot
Deep south
Cotton plantation
Southern small town
Rumble
Illegal abortionist
Petty thief
Jumping to conclusions
Preserved film
Movie tag line: "They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it."
