Virgil Tibbs: 10 Movie Quotes with Audio

Movie quotes spoken by Virgil Tibbs, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 They call me Mr. Tibbs. -Mr. Tibbs!

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

2 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.

3 You take him outside, Wood, but treat him easy. Because a man that makes $162.39 a week, man, we do not want to ruffle him! -No, sir.

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

5 All right. Give me another day. Two days. I'm close. I can pull that fat cat down. I can bring him right off this hill.

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

6 You talk crazy. You gin drunk? -Just homesick.

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

9 I believe Harvey is a southpaw. Now, ain't he, Shagbag? -What if he is? What's that make him? -Innocent.

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

10 I already knew why he changed his route. -Knew what? -He was afraid I'd see some naked white girl down the block.

Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967)