In the Heat of the Night (TV)

In the Heat of the Night was a 1988 television series based on the motion picture, In the Heat of the Night. It starred Carroll O'Connor as William Gillespie and Howard Rollins as Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs had traveled to the Sparta area for his mother's funeral. He was persuaded to remain by the city government, who had felt the need to make the city's police department more diverse. Gillespie was a crusty small town police chief.

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