In the Heat of the Night

Name: In the Heat of the Night
Director: Norman Jewison
Released: 1967
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates

1967 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 86,611 VOTES · DIR. Norman Jewison

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,040 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:21 In the heat of the night

00:04:55 (music stops)

00:12:33 (quicker clattering)

00:17:16 Yeah! Oh, yeah!

00:20:58 Lots.

00:24:49 of determining time of death.

00:33:41 No. I don't need to look at 'em now.

00:37:28 - What do they call you up there? - They call me Mr. Tibbs!

00:41:17 Here's the first good thing to come my way. And I pick it up.

00:45:04 - While Harvey was still shooting pool. - Wait a minute. I'll get it.

00:49:22 Oh, he ain't nothin'. Some kind of a...

00:53:38 Well, you know where to find me.

00:59:51 Knows how to make the mornin' come

01:03:50 your points of view, are a matter of record.

01:10:17 OK, black boy. We come here to teach you some manners.

01:15:18 I thought I told you to get outta here.

01:20:42 I would write it on the head of a pin if you want it there.

01:23:41 I know that Colbert cashed a cheque for $900.

01:27:47 - (softly) He says... - What? I didn't hear what you said.

01:30:57 There used to be a coloured gal.

01:36:06 Well... that's for sure.

01:41:19 Maybe... I don't want to sever a beautiful child like you right out.

01:44:51 He got her to tell you that Sam Wood did it.

16:02:03 at bodies. Why can't you look at this one?

Cast & Characters

Sidney Poitier Det. Virgil Tibbs Rod Steiger Chief Bill Gillespie Warren Oates Officer Sam Wood Lee Grant Mrs. Colbert Larry Gates Eric Endicott James Patterson Mr. Purdy William Schallert Mayor Schubert Beah Richards Mama Caleba Peter Whitney Courtney Kermit Murdock Henderson

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,040

Dialogue density9.5 lines / min

First line00:00:21

Final line16:02:03

Production Record

DirectorNorman Jewison

LanguageEnglish

Budget$2,000,000

Revenue$27,379,978

IMDb votes86,611