In the Heat of the Night Info:

Released in US	August 2, 1967
Total US Gross	$24,379,978
Rentals	$10,974,000
Distributed by	MGM/UA
Award	Best Picture Oscar
Country	United States
Director	Norman Jewison

Cast:

Sidney Poitier		( as Detective Virgil Tibbs )
Rod Steiger		( as Bill Gillespie )
Lee Grant		( as Mrs. Leslie Colbert )
Scott Wilson		( as Harvey Oberst (murder suspect) )