Tibbs slaps him back, so Endicott sends a gang of thugs after him. When Tibbs interrogates him, Endicott slaps him in the face. Tibbs initially suspects the murderer is plantation owner Endicott, a genteel racist and one of the town's most powerful citizens, who publicly opposed Colbert's new factory. Frustrated by the ineptitude of the local police but impressed by Tibbs, Colbert's widow threatens to halt construction of the factory unless Tibbs leads the investigation, so the town's leading citizens are forced to comply with her demand. The police plan to beat him to extract a confession, but Tibbs reveals Oberst is left-handed and has witnesses to confirm his alibi. Gillespie arrests another suspect, Harvey Oberst, who protests his innocence. Tibbs examines the body and concludes the murder happened earlier than the doctor thought, the killer was right-handed, and the victim had been killed elsewhere and moved to where Wood found his body. Though Gillespie, like many of Sparta's white residents, is racist, he and Tibbs reluctantly agree to work together.Ī doctor estimates that Colbert had been dead for a few hours when his body was found. Tibbs wants to leave town on the next train, but his boss suggests he stay in Sparta to help with the murder investigation. Police chief Gillespie accuses him of murder and robbery but soon learns Tibbs is a top homicide inspector from Philadelphia. Wood finds Virgil Tibbs, a black man with a fat wallet, at the train station and arrests him. Late one night, police officer Sam Wood discovers Colbert's murdered body lying in the street. Wealthy industrialist Phillip Colbert moves to Sparta, Mississippi, to build a factory.
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The quote "They call me Mister Tibbs! " was listed as number 16 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years.100 Movie Quotes, a list of top film quotes. The screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant.Īt the 40th Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five including Best Picture and Best Actor for Steiger. It stars Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, and was produced by Walter Mirisch. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison.
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