They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
Released: 1967-08-02
Runtime: 109 minutes
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.
Budget: $2000000
Revenue: $27379978
Popularity: 3.2433
Vote Average: 7.644 ({{ mov_details.vote_count }} votes)
Status: Released
IMDb: tt0061811
2023-10-06
7.11 (533 votes)
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1953-05-01
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2005-11-17
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1971-04-13
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1979-10-01
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2002-06-25
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1955-02-16
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1985-12-04
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1995-03-24
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1980-04-26
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2003-03-05
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2008-01-17
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1979-12-07
7.571 (2283 votes)
1958-06-24
6.0 (9 votes)
