![]() ![]() When he attempts to interrogate Endicott about Colbert, Endicott slaps him in the face. Tibbs initially suspects wealthy plantation owner Eric Endicott, who opposed the new factory. ![]() Despite the rocky start to their relationship, the two police come to respect each other as they are compelled to work together to solve the crime. Unwilling to accept help but under orders from the town's mayor, Gillespie talks Tibbs into lending his services. She threatens to stop construction on the much-needed factory unless Tibbs leads the investigation. The victim's widow, already frustrated by the ineptitude of the local police, is impressed by Tibbs' expert ability when he clears another wrongly-accused suspect Gillespie has arrested on flimsy evidence. After the bigoted and racist treatment he received, Tibbs wants nothing more than to leave Sparta as quickly as possible, but his captain from Philly recommends he stay and help the investigation. Tibbs is brought to the police station where Gillespie, heavily prejudiced against blacks, jumps to the conclusion that he has his culprit, but is embarrassed to learn that Tibbs is a respected Philadelphia homicide detective who had been visiting his mother. ![]() African-American northerner Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), passing through, is picked up at the train station by a racist police officer who finds Tibbs with a substantial amount of cash in his wallet. Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) comes under pressure to quickly find Colbert's killer. Philip Colbert, a wealthy man from Chicago who was planning to build a factory in the rural town of Sparta, Mississippi, is found murdered. ![]()
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