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

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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)

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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.

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

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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