10 Dec 1965
A Patch of Blue
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
In the Heat of the Night
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Top Billed Cast
Sidney Poitier Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James Ralph
William Schallert Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates Eric Endicott
James Patterson Mr. Purdy
Quentin Dean Delores Purdy
Kermit Murdock Henderson
Larry D. Mann Watkins
Matt Clark Packy
Beah Richards Mama Caleba
Arthur Malet Ulam
Fred Stewart Dr. Stuart
Timothy Scott Shagbag
William Watson McNeil
Eldon Quick Charles Hawthorne
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