En una petita població de Mississipí, el policia Sam Wood descobreix el cadàver d'un industrial. Poc després, a l'estació deté un home negre que, després de ser interrogat pel cap de la policia local, Billl Gillespie, resulta ser un inspector de la policia de Filadèlfia anomenat Virgil Tibbs. Tots dos policies decideixen col·laborar per investigar l'assassinat.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Peter Whitney, Lee Grant, Anthony James
Crew: John Ball (Novel), Norman Jewison (Director), Stirling Silliphant (Screenplay), Walter Mirisch (Producer), Quincy Jones (Original Music Composer), Haskell Wexler (Director of Photography)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: United Artists, The Mirisch Company
Runtime: 109 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 02, 1967
IMDb: 3.371
Keywords:small town, southern usa, black people, police chief, stolen money, racial segregation, racist, murder, youth gang, whodunit, poverty, false accusations, police station, racial tension, autopsy room, red herring, railroad station, white supremacists, nymphette, bigot, deep south, cotton plantation, southern small town, rumble, illegal abortionist, petty thief, jumping to conclusions
