Rod Steiger

Colbert, a wealthy man from Chicago who was planning to build a factory in Sparta, Mississippi, is found murdered. Police Chief Bill Gillespie comes under pressure to quickly find his killer. A northerner Virgil Tibbs, passing through, is picked up at the train station with a substantial amount of cash in his wallet. Gillespie, heavily prejudiced against blacks, jumps to the conclusion he has his culprit, but is embarrassed to learn that Tibbs is a respected Philadelphia homicide detective who had been visiting his mother. After this racist treatment, Tibbs wants nothing more than to leave as quickly as possible even though his captain recommends he stay and help, but the victim's widow is impressed by the detective's expertise clearing another wrongly accused suspect of the crime and threatens to stop construction on the much-needed factory unless he leads the investigation. Gillespie then talks Tibbs into lending his services. Despite the rocky start to their relationship, they come
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Length: 02:36
Posted: 9/24/2009

Short on cash and unwilling to give up their posh lifestyle, three washed-up Hollywood leading men intercept a mobster's plot to steal millions from a Las Vegas casino. But just like shooting a film, things don't go exactly as planned...
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Length: 01:33:35
Posted: 7/9/2009

Police chief Rod Steiger interrogates the new stranger in town (Sidney Poitier) in In the Heat of the Night (1967).
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Posted: 8/1/2008