In the Heat of the Night

Pilot (1)

E1    Mar 6, 1988    60m
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Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and joins the police force as chief of detectives.His arrival is met with resistance from police chief Bill Gillespie - who resents having an officer hired without his approval.Virgil has trouble adjusting to the small, antiquated police force.Tibbs' first case is a racially charged murder case that is soon complicated when the suspect is murdered in his cell.
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Cast of Pilot (1)
  • Carroll O'ConnorBill Gillespie
  • Howard RollinsVirgil Tibbs
  • Alan AutryBubba Skinner
  • Anne-Marie JohnsonAlthea Tibbs
  • David HartParker Williams
  • Geoffrey ThorneWilson Sweet
  • Hugh O'ConnorLonnie Jamison
  • Christian LeBlancJunior Abernathy
  • Kevin McCarthy
  • Doug Savant
  • Mills Watson
  • Stocker Fontelieu

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