Norman Jewison asked Rod Steiger to chew gum, eventually 263 packs, as Police Chief Bill Gillespie in this 1967 film
... grew to 
love the idea,and eventually went through 263 packs of gum... [DOC] [TLE] In the Heat of the Night [1967] [PAR] Mar 7, 2015 ... Rod Steiger ... Norman Jewison ... William Watson (McNeil (as William C. Watson
)) ... is soon resolved but when local police chief Gillespie learns that Tibbs is the 
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