The top mistakes in In the Heat of the Night http://www.moviemistakes.com/film4583 en Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:55:23 +0000 103238 In the wide angle shot of Chief Gillespie approaching Virgil Tibbs at the train station, there is a dog on the platform, in between Gillepsie and Tibbs. In the next shot, a closer view of Gillespie approaching Tibbs, the dog is gone. 73045 Gillespie does a fairly lengthy audible rewind of the killer's taped confession, but only his last two sentences ("That's all. I didn't mean to kill him") are heard when the tape is immediately played back. 127674 Lloyd Purdey is shot by Ralph and is declared dead by one of his friend. In the last shot before the scene changes, you can see the body is breathing.