In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Whipping Boy

Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) explains his circumstance to Jess (Khalil Bezaleel) when he gets dropped off by Gillespie (Rod Steiger).

Directed by Norman Jewison.

© MGM 2012

Released in 1967 by MGM.

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  • prop: Car
  • theme: Race
  • actor: Khalil Bezaleel
  • actor: Rod Steiger
  • actor: Sidney Poitier
  • director: Norman Jewison
  • producer: Walter Mirisch
  • cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
  • composer: Quincy Jones
  • editor: Hal Ashby
  • role-name: Jess
  • role-name: Gillespie
  • role-name: Virgil Tibbs
  • screenwriter: Stirling Silliphant
  • year: 1967
  • studio: MGM

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