Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
It's hot down south. It gets even hotter when a wealthy businessman is killed and left on the street in the small town of Sparta, Mississippi. Caught up in this mystery is Philadelphia policeman Virgil Tibbs (portrayed by Sidney Portier), brought in as a suspect simply because he happened to a black man out late at night at the train station. Tibbs gets roped into helping out the brash and boisterous Police Chief Bill Gillespie (portrayed by Rod Steiger). What…