Continuity mistake: 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.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Plot summary
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
After the murder of "the most important man" In a small town called Sparta, somewhere in Mississippi, an African-American Detective called Virgil Tibbs is accused of the murder by a racist patrol officer. When his innocence is proved, he sets out to find the real killer, with the help of the town's fat gum-chewing sheriff, Bill Gillespie.
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More mistakes in In the Heat of the Night
Chief Gillespie: What do they call you up there?
Virgil Tibbs: They call me MISTER Tibbs!
Trivia: Norman Jewison asked Rod Steiger to chew gum when playing the role of Gillespie. Steiger resisted at first but then grew to love the idea, and went through 263 packs of gum during the shooting of the film.
Question: Did Rod Steiger ride a motorcycle at any time at all in the movie "In the Heat of the Night"?
Answer: Not that I recall. He was usually seen in his squad car.
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