1967 drama in which they called Rod Steiger Sheriff Gillespie & Sidney Poitier Mr. Tibbs
.... Tibbs is hauled into the sheriff's office and 
brought face to face with Bill Gillespie, the epitome of every redneck law officer 
south of... [DOC] [TLE] in the heat of the night 1967 movie - Bing [PAR] While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia ... Rod 
Steiger.