Wanneer in een klein stadje aan de Mississippi het lijk van een industrieel wordt gevonden, wordt een zwarte man gearresteerd. Uit de ondervraging, op een brutale en bevooroordeelde manier gevoerd door politiechef Bill Gillespie, blijkt dat de man zelf een politieman is.
Nee, helaas is In the Heat of the Night nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Walter Mirisch | Producer |
| Writing | John Ball | Novel |
| Editing | Hal Ashby | Editor |
| Camera | Haskell Wexler | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Stirling Silliphant | Screenplay |
| Directing | Norman Jewison | Director |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan Levine | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Robert Priestley | Set Decoration |
| Art | Paul Groesse | Art Direction |
| Production | Jim Henderling | Production Manager |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Howard Joslin | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Kevin F. Cleary | Sound |
| Art | Joseph Musso | Production Illustrator |
| Production | Allen K. Wood | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Morris Rosen | Grip |
| Lighting | Ross A. Maehl | Gaffer |
| Sound | Charles Cooper | Sound |
| Crew | John Moio | Stunts |
| Editing | Byron 'Buzz' Brandt | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Meta Rebner | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Walter Goss | Sound |
| Lighting | Don Stott | Gaffer |
| Sound | Richard Carruth | Music Editor |
| Camera | Ralph Gerling | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Alan Bergman | Lyricist |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Songs |
| Writing | Marilyn Bergman | Lyricist |
| Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Art | Stephen R. Ferry | Props |
| Sound | Ray Charles | Vocals |
| Directing | Newt Arnold | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Hal Ashby | Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | Terry Morse Jr. | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | James A. Richards | Sound Editor |
| Art | Murray Naidich | Title Designer |
