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In the Heat of the Nightchevron_right
S01E01: Pilot (1)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.
Air Date:
Mar 06, 1988
Runtime:
60 minutes
Production:
Casts:
Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart, Hugh O'Connor, Crystal Fox, Denise Nicholas, Carl Weathers
