EPISODE · Aug 28, 2023 · 26 MIN
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
from OETA Movie Club Podcast · host OETA Movie Club
This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss In the Heat of the Night (1967), where Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), 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. Support the showOETA - Home
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This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss In the Heat of the Night (1967), where Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), 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. Support the show OETA - Home
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