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In the Heat of the Night

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 5 months

Thriller about the bigoted sheriff of a small Mississippi town who finds himself forced into collaboration with a black detective from Philadelphia. Show more

Contributors

Virgil Tibbs:
Sidney Poitier
Gillespie:
Rod Steiger
Sam Wood:
Warren Oates
Mrs Colbert:
Lee Grant
Endicott:
Larry Gates
Mama Caleba:
Beah Richards
Harvey Oberst:
Scott Wilson

BBC Two HD

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