They Call Me Mr. Tibbs (In the Heat of the Night) | MGM PRESENTS

Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) defends himself against a racist Gillespie (Rod Steiger) while Mrs. Colbert (Lee Grant) grieves her late husband.

While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black Philadelphian homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigation of a prominent businessman. Finding the killer, however, proves difficult when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the bigoted town sheriff (Rod Steiger). But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race against time to discover the shocking truth.

Directed by: Norman Jewison
Screenplay by: Stirling Silliphant
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, and Lee Grant
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT  1967 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved

[kall]

Absolutely great film with two outstanding actors / performances

[davesanchez]

What great acting all around, not to mention all the camera angles, classic!

[franchk]

Always loved Sidney Poitier, the first time probably being when I was about ten and my older sister took me to the movies on the bus towatch ''A Patch of Blue." I was so in awe. ''In the Heat of the Night" is wonderful viewing. Thank you, Sidney Poitier. 💙☮️🕊️💕🕊️💙

[samuelbarber]

Rest In Peace
Norman Jewison, Walter Mirisch, Sidney Poitier

[pbc-pu]

Greatest line, at that time, spoken by a man of color, to a man of no color.
We, in my neighborhood, loved every bit of this movie. Especially the slap return, later in the movie.❤😂

[Forflipsake]

My parents are both born in the early 40s my mum scottish and white, my dad grenadine and black, they married in the early 60s.

One of my mum’s favourite films was to sir with love and that’s how I came across Mr Poitier has an actor.

My 1980s born self never really appreciated his acting skills till I was older, or the fact he was ahead of his time back then, I always used to think they were boring old fart films.

I matured like Mr Tibbs and see depth in everything now.

[ablebaker]

This movie won 5 academy awards.
Quincy Jones crafted the musical score.

Ray Charles, Glenn Campbell, Billy Preston, to name a few of the artists that contributed to the film…

[PoppieLand]

I have a black cat. Guess what I named him

[amreec]

Just saw this recently, required for my Cinema class

[doncarlodivargas]

Guess he was named after Publius Vergilius Maro? But did not end up as a poet?

[eprohoda]

that iss gorgeous traveling. take it easy!Mgm!

[agalgonzalez]

Sly attempt by the Southern sheriff to grab the autopsy report so he can destroy it and say it got lost in the mail.

[theo]

"Not that it would make any difference". What did Tibbs mean to say by that ?

[shawn]

Just play the original words said or it means nothing as a scene. Thumbs down.

[jeffreyblake]

Editing this clip is sad. The clip is supposed to show the extent of the rasisim but it was ruined by Editing it