In the Heat of the Night – Teignmouth Film Society
19th February 2027 @ 8:00 pm
Teignmouth Film Society
African-American 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. 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.
Tickets £5 – On The Door Only
Bar Opens at 7pm | Screening at 8pm
- Date: 19/02/2027 8:00 pm
- Director: Norman Jewison
- Actors: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
- Country: USA
- Year of Release: 1967
- Running Time: 110 mins
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama, Thriller