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.
Unfortunately the movie In the Heat of the Night is not yet available on HBO Max.
Production | Walter Mirisch | Producer |
Writing | John Ball | Novel |
Editing | Hal Ashby | Editor |
Camera | Haskell Wexler | Director of Photography |
Writing | Stirling Silliphant | Screenplay |
Directing | Norman Jewison | Director |
Sound | Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
Costume & Make-Up | Alan Levine | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
Art | Robert Priestley | Set Decoration |
Art | Paul Groesse | Art Direction |
Production | Jim Henderling | Production Manager |
Sound | Clem Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Production | Howard Joslin | Unit Production Manager |
Sound | Kevin F. Cleary | Sound |
Art | Joseph Musso | Production Illustrator |
Production | Allen K. Wood | Production Supervisor |
Camera | Morris Rosen | Grip |
Lighting | Ross A. Maehl | Gaffer |
Sound | Charles Cooper | Sound |
Crew | John Moio | Stunts |
Editing | Byron 'Buzz' Brandt | Assistant Editor |
Directing | Meta Rebner | Script Supervisor |
Sound | Walter Goss | Sound |
Lighting | Don Stott | Gaffer |
Sound | Richard Carruth | Music Editor |
Camera | Ralph Gerling | Camera Operator |
Writing | Alan Bergman | Lyricist |
Sound | Quincy Jones | Songs |
Writing | Marilyn Bergman | Lyricist |
Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
Art | Stephen R. Ferry | Props |
Sound | Ray Charles | Vocals |
Directing | Newt Arnold | Second Assistant Director |
Production | Hal Ashby | Producer's Assistant |
Directing | Terry Morse Jr. | First Assistant Director |
Sound | James A. Richards | Sound Editor |
Art | Murray Naidich | Title Designer |