In the Heat of the Night (1967) Quotes with Sound Clips

In the Heat of the Night (1967) Quotes with Sound Clips

Memorable quotes from the movie In the Heat of the Night (1967), featuring short sound bites and sfx.

Actors: Sidney Poitier (Virgil Tibbs), Rod Steiger (Bill Gillespie), Warren Oates (Sam Wood)

1 You know a lot of things, don't ya? Well, just what do you know about insomnia? -Bourbon can't cure it. -Well, that's for sure.

— Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier)

2 Colored can't earn that kinda money, boy. Hell, that's more than I make in a month. Now, where did you earn it? -Philadelphia. -Mississippi? -Pennsylvania.

— Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger)

3 Look in her purse. -What's that mean? -She's got $100 to pay for an abortion.

— Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier)

4 There's white time in jail and there's colored time in jail. The worst kind of time you can do is colored time.

— Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier)

5 Ever take a homicide picture before, son? -Well, at least he won't be movin' on us. -That's for sure.

— Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger)

6 Virgil, that's a funny name for a nigger boy that comes from Philadelphia. What do they call you up there?

— Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger)

7 As you know, the loss of heat from the brain is the most reliable way of determining time of death. Right, Chief? -Oh, yeah.

8 I try to run a nice, clean, safe town here. A town where a man can sneeze and not get his brains beat out. You follow me? -Yes.

— Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger)

9 Isn't that remarkable that of all the orchids in this place, you should prefer the epiphytics. I wonder if you know why. -Maybe it would be helpful if you'd tell me. -Because, like the Negro, they need care, feedin', cultivatin'. And that takes time.

10 Would you feel the face and jaw, please? Am I mistaken, or has rigor begun? -It has.

— Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier)

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