1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,719 # In the heat of the night 3 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:35,359 # Seems like a cold sweat creepin' across my brow 4 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:38,432 # Yeah 5 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,998 # In the heat of the night 6 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,636 # I'm feelin' motherless somehow 7 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:01,878 # Stars with evil eyes 8 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,833 # Stare from the skies 9 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,870 # All mean and bright 10 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,356 # In the heat of the night 11 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:17,799 # Ain't a woman yet been born 12 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:26,558 # Knows how to make the mornin' come 13 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,999 # It's so hard to keep control 14 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,917 # When I could sell my soul 15 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,756 # Forjust a little light 16 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,350 # In the heat of the night 17 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,837 # In the heat of the night 18 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,795 # I've got trouble wall to wall 19 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,635 # Oh yes, I have 20 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,320 # I repeat 21 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,795 # I repeat, in the night 22 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:17,160 # Must be an ending to it all 23 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:26,313 # But hold on, it won't be long 24 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,795 # Just you be strong 25 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,234 # And it'll be all right 26 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,875 # In the heat of the night 27 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,714 Where you keepin' the pie tonight? 28 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,998 A man ate the last piece just before you come in. 29 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,477 What's that little old orphan sittin' right up there? 30 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,676 Marble cake. 31 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,430 Tell you what, Sam. Bein' she's in there by her little old lonesome, 32 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,391 I'll let you have her for free. 33 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,035 I told you 'bout that "Sam" business, didn't I? Hm? 34 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,119 Sorry, Mr Wood. I mean, uh... Officer Wood. 35 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:43,392 (car starts) 36 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,634 (country music fades in) 37 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,359 # Well, a bow-legged Polly and a knocked-kneed Paul 38 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,789 # A bow-legged Polly and a knocked-kneed Paul 39 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,354 # A bow-legged Polly and a knocked-kneed Paul 40 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,152 # They can't get together at all 41 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:20,238 # Just like the worm in the cornfield said to his brother 42 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,158 # "Yeah, go in one ear and out the other" 43 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:25,236 (# singer hums) 44 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,279 # Well, a bucktoothed Clara and a cross-eyed Clyde 45 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,470 # A bucktoothed Clara and a cross-eyed Clyde 46 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,558 # Like old bow-legged Polly and a knock-kneed Paul 47 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,636 (music stops) 48 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,753 # Every time I see your face 49 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,314 # It's got a way ofturnin' me around 50 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,836 # You tune me in, pretty baby 51 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,073 # Wild things begin 52 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,873 # Baby, that ain't love 53 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,714 # But it sure is groovy 54 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,069 (song continues in background) 55 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,798 (doctor) It's Colbert, all right. Skull's caved in. 56 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,755 You ever take a homicide picture before, son? 57 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,189 Well, at least he won't be movin' on me. 58 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,632 That's for sure. I want you to cover every angle. Do you hear me? Every angle. 59 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,035 uh, you boys, move on back now, OK? 60 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,197 Came all this way to build us a factory, 61 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,955 make somethin' outta this town. 62 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,594 Look what it got him. 63 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,311 Yeah. 64 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,359 Sam, did he have a wallet, identification, anything like that? 65 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,950 That's the first thing I looked for. Whoever fixed him musta took 'em. 66 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,832 Nothin'. 67 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,718 - Any witnesses? - I mean, not even a cat. 68 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,519 - How long's he been dead? - Oh, less than an hour. 69 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,916 - Less than an hour. - Maybe half that. 70 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,996 Maybe half. 71 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,075 Could have been a hitchhiker. 72 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,829 Check both ends of town, check the depot, and check the pool hall. OK? 73 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,270 - Pool hall closed at one o'clock, Chief. - I said check it, Sam. 74 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,675 Yes, sir. 75 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,395 On your feet, boy. 76 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,434 I mean now! 77 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,920 Get against that wall. Get them hands high! 78 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,793 Spread them fingers out. I wanna count all ten. 79 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:23,595 You move before I tell you to, boy, by God, I'm gonna clean your plough. 80 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,277 That's pretty fat there, ain't it, boy? Huh? 81 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,198 Now, outside there's a police car. You're gonna pick up that bag. 82 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,869 You're gonna walk out, and you're gonna plant yourself in the back. 83 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,197 And you're gonna be a real nice quiet boy all the way in. 84 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,553 You hear?! 85 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,996 C'mon, boy. 86 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,076 Move it! 87 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,436 Chief here? 88 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,356 - Hey, what's up, Sam? - (Sam) Chief? 89 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,436 What's goin' on? 90 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,073 - Sam? - (squeaking) 91 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,316 (clattering) 92 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,756 (quicker clattering) 93 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,309 - Wood? - Yes, sir? 94 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,558 When's the last time I asked Courtney to get oil for this damn thing? 95 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,671 uh, last Wednesday. 96 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,552 Would you be kind enough to go outside and remind him what day it is today? 97 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:39,069 Well, uh... how about the prisoner here? 98 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,514 Don't you worry about him. 99 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,995 Got a name, boy? 100 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,076 Virgil Tibbs. 101 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,832 Virgil? 102 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:56,509 Well, I don't think we're gonna have any trouble, are we, Virgil? 103 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,911 No trouble at all. 104 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,440 Oh, you can go now, Sam. 105 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:11,516 Yes, sir. 106 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:19,358 - What did you hit him with? - Hit whom? 107 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,990 "Whom"? Whom? 108 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:26,716 You a Northern boy? What's a Northern boy like you doin' all the way down here? 109 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:31,152 - I was waiting for the train. - There ain't no trains this time of mornin'. 110 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,795 - Tuesdays only. 4.05 to Memphis. - You say. 111 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,953 (train horn in distance) 112 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,594 Well... All right, you say right. 113 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,674 All right... Virgil. 114 00:13:58,320 --> 00:13:59,958 Oh! 115 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,036 Now look. 116 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,517 I try to run a nice, clean, safe town here. 117 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:13,029 A town where a man can sneeze and not get his brains beat out. You follow me? 118 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,515 Yes. 119 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:20,589 Why don't you tell me how you killed Mr Colbert? You'll feel a whole lot better. 120 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:22,754 (knocking) 121 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,036 Not now! 122 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,073 I was visiting my mother. 123 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,272 I came in on the 12.35 from Brownsville. 124 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:49,518 I was waiting to go out on the 4.05. 125 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,672 Mm-hm. 126 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,790 Yeah. 127 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:11,630 And meanwhile, you killed yourself a white man and picked yourself up $200! 128 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,479 I earned that money, ten hours a day, seven days a week. 129 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:19,993 Coloured can't earn that. It's more than I make in a month! Where did you earn it?! 130 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,111 - Philadelphia. - Mississippi? 131 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,437 - Pennsylvania. - Just how do you earn that kinda money? 132 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,915 I'm a police officer. 133 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,036 (throws badge on desk) 134 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,991 Oh, yeah. 135 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,876 - Wood! - Yes, sir! 136 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,908 - Did you question this man? - No, sir. 137 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,233 Would you mind taking a look at that? 138 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,632 Yeah! Oh, yeah! 139 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,148 I'll check on this wise city boy. You take him outside and hold him. 140 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:45,759 Yes, sir. 141 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,953 May I suggest that you call my chief rather than send a wire or anything? 142 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:54,232 I mean, it would be quicker. And I'll pay for the call. 143 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,798 Did you hear? Did you hear him say he'd pay for the call? 144 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,753 How much do they pay you to do their police work? 145 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,758 $162.39 per week. 146 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:04,835 (whistles) 147 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:09,033 $162.39 a week! 148 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,153 Well, boy! Take him outside, Wood. But treat him easy, 149 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:17,353 because a man that makes $162.39 a week - 150 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,755 man, we do not wanna ruffle him! 151 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,876 No, sir! 152 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:35,555 Courtney... would you try and get me long-distance? 153 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,436 (Courtney) Police business, honey. Chief's on the line. 154 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,950 No. He catch you listenin' in, he'll run your butt around the block. 155 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,514 - He don't panic me none. - No? 156 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,914 - Where's the chief? - You got the pictures of the dead man? 157 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,271 Sure do. I got him top, bottom, sideways - you name it. 158 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,392 - Good. I'll take 'em, son. - No, I wanna give 'em to the chief. 159 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,796 - I said I'd take 'em, Charlie. - Do like he tells you, Charlie. 160 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,070 Somebody owes me some money for those. 161 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,112 I had to buy paper and film and developin'. 162 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:19,597 That's all right. Just bill the department. Everything will be taken care of. 163 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,513 God Almighty. He sure looks bad. 164 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,198 May I see the man I am supposed to have killed? 165 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,920 Sure. I don't know why not. 166 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,238 (whispers) Hey, Sam. He's finished talkin'. 167 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,833 - Here's the photos of the dead man. - OK. 168 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,277 Got your chief on the phone. He wants to talk to you. 169 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,794 Hello? Yes, sir. I'm sorry to have gotten you involved in this. 170 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,275 I really had no choice. 171 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,476 Yes, sir. 172 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:09,109 You can't be serious, sir. I mean, even if I could be of help, they wouldn't want it. 173 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,995 No, sir. I'm not prejudiced. 174 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,434 Yes, sir. I am a police officer and they're police officers, but... 175 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,593 Hello. This is Gillespie. Yes, sir. Yep, well... 176 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,636 You don't say? 177 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,720 He's your number one homicide expert? 178 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,717 Well, my, my, my. 179 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,957 I don't think we need any help. We can wrap this up ourselves. 180 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,310 Yes, sir. But I do want to thank you 181 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,797 for offering me such a powerful piece of manpower as Virgil Tibbs. 182 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,673 Yes, sir. Thank you. Yeah. Goodbye, now. 183 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:55,796 Oh, it's all there. We paid for the phone call ourselves. 184 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,514 Now, you are the number one homicide expert. 185 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,394 - That's right. - I bet you look at a lot of dead bodies. 186 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,397 Lots. 187 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,272 Well? 188 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:14,837 - Well, what? - Well... 189 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:19,397 I just thought maybe, uh... Maybe you wouldn't mind takin' a look at this one? 190 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:21,991 No, thanks. 191 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:25,078 - Why not, expert? - Because I've got a train to catch. 192 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,760 Wait a minute. That train don't leave till noon. 193 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,237 They pay you $162.39 a week just to look at bodies. Why can't you look at this one? 194 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:36,512 - Why can't you look at it for yourself? - Because I'm not an expert... 195 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:37,709 Officer! 196 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:52,199 Ten cents, ten million dollars - just doesn't matter when a man's time comes. 197 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,117 Mm-hm. 198 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,073 I could give him a nicer service right here in Sparta 199 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,239 than he could ever get up there in Chicago. And at half the price, too. 200 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:04,318 - I got a rosewood casket out there... - (door opens) 201 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,319 Ted ulam, Chief. We haven't had the pleasure. 202 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,396 That's for sure. 203 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,396 He's with me. 204 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,636 Hello, Doc. 205 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,272 Yep. 206 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,832 Well... 207 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,072 uh... 208 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,428 Do you wanna look at it? 209 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,955 (Virgil) New manicure. That's good. 210 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,396 That's very good. 211 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,038 - I'll need a few things. - (Gillespie) Such as? 212 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,597 Ammonium hydrosulphide, benzidine, superoxide of hydrogen. 213 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,113 Copper powder, distilled water. 214 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,035 A six-inch celluloid scale. 215 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,672 Thermometer. 216 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,236 Some tweezers. 217 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,318 Callipers. And some toothpicks. 218 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,318 Toothpicks?! Copper? What's goin' on here, Chief? 219 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,351 Who is this boy anyway? 220 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,790 I asked him to look at the body. That's who he is. 221 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,195 It's 4.45. What time was this man killed? 222 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:17,678 Sam found him at 3am. The doctor says it's possible he was killed an hour earlier. 223 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,633 - At two? - Maybe a little later. 224 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,274 2.15... 2.30? 225 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,834 Would you feel the face and jaw, please? 226 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,954 Am I mistaken, or has rigor begun? 227 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,992 It has. 228 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,197 You'll notice too that postmortem lividity is present. 229 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,074 So the time of death really has to be earlier. Wouldn't you say? 230 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:41,715 Mm. 231 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:45,469 Well, we'll be able to pinpoint that as soon as I get a thermometer. 232 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,513 As you know, the loss of heat from the brain is the most reliable way 233 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,995 of determining time of death. 234 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,439 Right, Chief? 235 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,673 Oh, yeah. 236 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,072 Well... 237 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,713 Which one of you gentlemen will assist me? 238 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,956 (phone rings) 239 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,114 ulam's Funer... It's for you, Chief. 240 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,512 Yeah. Talk to me. 241 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,392 When? 242 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:32,237 Oh, good. Yeah, yeah. Right away. I've got a runaway suspect, boy. I gotta go. 243 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:37,397 Now listen, you. Anything he wants, man, you better see that he gets it. 244 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,395 Where can I wash my hands? 245 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,356 (dogs barking in the distance) 246 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,676 (grunt) 247 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,355 (dogs barking with excitement) 248 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,355 This here's Shagbag, you hear? He's headed for the river. 249 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:21,113 The river, you hear? He's gonna be in Arkansas. 250 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,274 Shoot. 251 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,476 (train horn) 252 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,635 OK. I got him. 253 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,396 Mrs Colbert. 254 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,119 - How is she taking it? - Chief had to leave. She don't know it yet. 255 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,235 Hey! You can't go in there, boy! 256 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,434 - Mrs Colbert? - Where's my husband? 257 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,514 What's happened to him? Why won't anybody tell me what's happened to him? 258 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,235 Why won't anybody here tell me? I have a right to know if he's hurt, 259 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,591 if he's been in an accident. I want to know if he is all right! 260 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,950 Your husband is dead, Mrs Colbert. 261 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,038 uh... 262 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,116 Somebody killed him. 263 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,875 We don't know who - yet. 264 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,432 It's, uh... 265 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,555 It's very hot in here. 266 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,035 It's very hot in this room. 267 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,672 Sit down. 268 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,232 No. 269 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,756 (sobs) 270 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,592 Would you... 271 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:11,799 Would you... leave me alone for a few minutes, please? 272 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,796 (sobs) 273 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:38,636 (sobbing continues) 274 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,679 Virgil, we don't need you or your microscopes. Tell that to your chief. 275 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,155 We don't need him - or you. 276 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,235 Mrs Colbert's in there. 277 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,072 - I've already told her. - I see. 278 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,113 Here is the examination results from ulam's. You wanna know what I found? 279 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,993 No. I don't need to look at 'em now. 280 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,350 May I examine this prisoner? 281 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,438 Yeah, you can look at him. C'mon, let him look. Go on. 282 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,074 All right, now! Steady! 283 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,836 You finished? 284 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,796 Thank you. 285 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,513 All right, Fryer, bring him with me. 286 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,434 - Now we're grindin' corn! - You shoulda been there! 287 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:13,189 If it weren't for them radios, we woulda lost him goin' over that bridge. 288 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,198 That old boy highballing that train like to cut us off. 289 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,390 And old Charlie's hound dog got loose... 290 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,238 - Did he confess? - Huh? 291 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,716 The man you arrested, did he confess? 292 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,195 Well, I believe he will. 293 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,754 Yes siree, I believe he will. 294 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,996 I believe he will. 295 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,839 - He's left-handed, isn't he? - How do I know? 296 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,549 Well, he seemed left-handed to me. 297 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:40,832 I believe Harvey is a southpaw. Now, ain't he, Shagbag? 298 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,349 What if he is? What's that make him? 299 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,711 Innocent. 300 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,798 Mrs Colbert... There's just one more thing. 301 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,558 Yeah. 302 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:06,800 I picked it up, I tell you. He was already lyin' there. It was lyin' there next to him! 303 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,918 I just picked it up, ma'am. That's all I did. 304 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,871 Shut up. 305 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,958 - Get him outta here. - OK. C'mon, Harvey. Let's go. 306 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:33,037 Mrs Colbert, I, uh... I wonder if you'd mind if I have somebody drive you over 307 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:37,517 so you could, uh... complete the identification? 308 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:01,357 Martin, I want you to take Mrs Colbert over to the funeral parlour. 309 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,471 And, Wood, run Virgil down the depot. 310 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:08,071 uh... Virge here, Chief, he thinks that Harvey's innocent. 311 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,189 - Well, I'll be damned. - Could I talk to you about it, in private? 312 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,598 No. Because I got Colbert's wallet in my hand, and we took it from Harvey Oberst. 313 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,756 - You think he gave it to him? - I don't know. 314 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,873 But Oberst could have come along after the crime, found it, picked it up. 315 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,117 - I don't know. - That's what the boy said he did. 316 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:30,993 Well, I'm sorry, ma'am, but I say different. 317 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:34,476 When I examined the deceased, it was obvious the fatal blow was struck 318 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,670 from an angle of 17 degrees from the right, 319 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,679 which makes it almost certain the person who did it is right-handed. 320 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,678 - So what? - (Shagbag) Harve's left-handed, Chief. 321 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,758 - Everybody in town knows that. - We figured that out. 322 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,235 Harvey's a lefty. uh-huh. 323 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:56,677 You're sure of yourself, Virgil. Funny name for a nigger boy from Philadelphia. 324 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,078 - What do they call you up there? - They call me Mr Tibbs! 325 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,079 Mr Tibbs! Well, Mr Wood, take Mr Tibbs, take him down to the depot. 326 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,953 And I mean, boy, like now! 327 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,916 I'll have the FBI lab send you the report on this. 328 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,236 Not that it'll make any difference. 329 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,078 I'll take that. 330 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,676 No, you won't. 331 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,237 I'm sending it in personally. 332 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:42,595 (Mrs Colbert) My God! 333 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,234 What kind of people are you? 334 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,793 What kind of a place is this? 335 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,391 My husband is dead. 336 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,798 Somebody in this town killed him! I want you to find out who! 337 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,315 You gonna give me that? 338 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,236 No, I'm not. 339 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,229 Wood, you take him, 340 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,318 and you lock him up for withholding evidence. 341 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,396 Go on, move! Put him with his friend, Harvey Oberst! 342 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:47,957 Well, Virgil, nobody threw your brains to the hogs, that's for damn sure. 343 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,114 Hold on there, Arnold. Open her up again. We got another customer. 344 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,236 (Harvey) Hey, man, not in here. 345 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,432 - Put him somewheres else! - Don't push the panic button. 346 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,313 Play it cool, boy. Play it cool. 347 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:05,359 Hey! 348 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,556 - Hey! - (door shuts) 349 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,398 What you doin' wearin' white man's clothes? 350 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,198 Where d'you come from? 351 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,634 You deaf or somethin'? 352 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,751 Listen, I'm get... 353 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,153 Keep cool, Harvey. 354 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:40,473 I'm on your side. 355 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,477 Well, I don't need you! 356 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,556 I'm all you've got. 357 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,316 Police? 358 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,714 You're a cop? 359 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,430 - You're a cop. - Mm-hm. 360 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,312 Yeah? 361 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,078 So, how come they locked you up? How come they lock up a cop? 362 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,395 Who said they locked me up? 363 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,957 How come with all these empty cells here they'd throw me in with you? You dig? 364 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,836 Look. 365 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,596 I already told 'em. 366 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,393 I see this fella lyin' on the street there. 367 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,713 And there's this wallet lyin' beside him. 368 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,394 Boy, I mean, I come into this world outta luck. 369 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,956 Here's the first good thing to come my way. And I pick it up. 370 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,194 But when I see whose wallet it is... 371 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:50,473 I mean, I start to sweat. But I heard about this new chief. This Gillepsbie? 372 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,670 Got no more smile than a turnip. 373 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,918 So I cut across the fields, headin' for the line, and got myself as far as the bridge 374 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,156 before Gillepsbie grabbed me. 375 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,635 What time did you find the wallet? 376 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:08,232 Well, I ain't got no watch, but it must have been after two, by the courthouse clock. 377 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,591 I'm interested in eleven to two. Where were you? 378 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:15,349 Shootin' pool. Larry's Lounge. I got there about ten. 379 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,313 - What time'd you leave? - Closin'. Must have been one. 380 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:22,399 - Anybody can swear for you? - Packy, Bert, Les. 381 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,994 Ever been in trouble with the police before? 382 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,957 Come on. 383 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,073 I could ask at the desk, you know. 384 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,233 Well, they brought me in one time. 385 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,238 - On account of this Delores Purdy. - On what charge? 386 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,873 Well, uh, this Delores, she, uh... 387 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:59,076 she's real proud of what nature done for her, you know? 388 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:01,517 And, uh... 389 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:05,918 Well, we was on a date up to Clarke's Point, and, uh... 390 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,920 she says, uh... (sniggers) 391 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,278 Anyway, she asks me, she says, uh... 392 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,597 "Don't you think I got a classy build?" 393 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:18,836 And I say "Sure." 394 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,679 And so she starts to show me. 395 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,074 But I didn't do nothin' wrong. 396 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,556 I just didn't stop her from tryin' to prove her point. 397 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:32,314 Then this cop, Sam Wood, 398 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,432 comes chargin' outta the bush and hauls me in. 399 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,075 He let you go, didn't he? 400 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,670 Told me not to mess with her no more. She lives on Third, a block from me. 401 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,633 Traipsin' around in the altogether. With the lights on. 402 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:48,355 Now, somebody sure oughta make her stop doin' that. 403 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,436 Come here. 404 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,715 Let me see your right hand. 405 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,514 - What you doin'? - Hold still. 406 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,836 (door opens) 407 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,951 All right now, give him the waiver for false arrest. 408 00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:28,512 (Virgil) Forget it. 409 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,393 I'm askin' you to sign it. Please. 410 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,555 Give him a pen. Give him a pen. 411 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,395 All right. Let him out. 412 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,837 You'll be able to catch the 12.10 train. 413 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,677 It wouldn't be a bad idea to change the charge against Oberst. 414 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:10,476 He was nowhere near the scene of the crime, and I think he can prove it. 415 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,751 - I bet you know when Colbert was killed. - About 12.30. 416 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,634 - While Harvey was still shooting pool. - Wait a minute. I'll get it. 417 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,278 There's cue chalk under his nails, not dried blood. 418 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,472 - Thank God I don't live in Philadelphia. - One more thing. 419 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:29,068 Colbert wasn't killed where the body was found. 420 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:32,636 - What do you mean? - He was killed then moved to Main Street. 421 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,516 - Courtney? - Yes, sir? 422 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:50,239 Change the charge to theft. 423 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,590 D'you mean Harve? 424 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:55,314 Who the hell else do we have back there?! 425 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,396 Yes, sir. 426 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,396 Hey. 427 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,276 Didn't I ask you to fix that gate? 428 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:11,071 No, not me, sir. Must have been my brother Harold. He's on days. 429 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,989 Harold. 430 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,316 (slams door) 431 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,715 (phone rings) 432 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:26,637 Police department. 433 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:28,716 Yes, he's here. Hold on, sir. 434 00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,118 Mayor's on the line, Chief. 435 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,436 (machinery noise/hammering) 436 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:38,837 What's all this Miz Colbert's been tellin' me about a... a cover-up arrest? 437 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,194 No, ma'am. We ain't had no cover-up. 438 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:47,313 In fact, we just dropped the charges for insufficient evidence. 439 00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,878 Miz Colbert, I told you he was nobody's man. 440 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:54,996 I came by to make it as clear as I possibly can 441 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:59,079 that I do not want that Negro officer taken off this case. 442 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,396 Negro officer? 443 00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:08,510 Yeah, well, he, uh... He comes from up North, you see. 444 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,074 And he was, uh, kinda... 445 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,474 - passin' through... - If it wasn't for him, 446 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:21,832 your impartial chief of police would still have the wrong man behind bars. 447 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,713 I want that officer given a free hand. 448 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:31,197 Otherwise, I will pack up my husband's engineers... 449 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,476 and leave you... 450 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:40,316 to yourselves. 451 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:49,679 Miz Colbert, now don't you worry about a thing. 452 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,758 Believe me, we're gonna take care of everything. 453 00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,232 Bill? 454 00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:05,111 I wanna see you come through this now, you hear? 455 00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:08,630 Even if we have to step on Endicott's toes? 456 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,671 Even that. 457 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,756 But do it fast. 458 00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:15,917 All right. 459 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,759 Now, Bill, how about this here Negro officer? 460 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,314 Miz Colbert seems to have confidence in him. 461 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,874 Oh, he ain't nothin'. Some kind of a... 462 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,916 some kind of a homicide expert. But I don't need him. 463 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:34,076 You mean you don't want him. But you do need him. 464 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:39,155 Now look, Bill. Suppose he turns up the killer. 465 00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:44,434 He has no police power here. He's gonna have to hand him over on a platter, right? 466 00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,278 That's right. 467 00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:52,077 And if he fails, you're off the hook, cos it was Miz Colbert's idea in the first place. 468 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,509 See what I mean? 469 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:56,676 Oh, yeah. 470 00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,758 Works out all the way around, Bill. For all of us. 471 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,916 Excuse me. 472 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:36,554 Any reason why you have to leave today? 473 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,236 There's lots of reasons. 474 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:44,269 What would you say if I asked you to stay for a while? 475 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:46,152 No. 476 00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,078 This town needs a factory, Virgil. 477 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,668 Colbert come down from Chicago to build it. 478 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,759 I hear they're gonna hire a thousand men. Half of them'd be coloured. 479 00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,831 - Know what that means? - Probably got him killed. 480 00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:15,794 That's what Mrs Colbert thinks. She wants us to catch her a killer. 481 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,559 No killer, no factory. 482 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:22,719 Well, it's a lotta jobs for a lotta coloured people. You follow me? 483 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,069 - I'm going home, man. - They're your people. 484 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,431 Not mine - yours. You made this scene. 485 00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:34,997 - What do you want me to do? Beg you? - Look, I've had your town up to here! 486 00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:39,633 Boy, it would give me a world of satisfaction to horsewhip you, Virgil! 487 00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:47,875 My father used to say that. 488 00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:54,953 - Even did, once or twice. - Yeah, well, not enough to suit me. 489 00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:58,669 Now you listen to me. 490 00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,360 Just once in my life I'm gonna hold my temper. 491 00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:03,596 I'm tellin' you that you're gonna stay. 492 00:50:03,720 --> 00:50:08,077 You'll stay here if I have to have your chief remind you what he told you to do. 493 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,509 But I don't think I have to do that, you see? 494 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:14,758 No. Because you're so damned smart. You're smarter than any white man. 495 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,440 You're just gonna stay here and show us all. 496 00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:21,678 You could never live with yourself unless you could put us all to shame. 497 00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,914 You wanna know something, Virgil? 498 00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:31,397 I don't think that you could let an opportunity like that pass by. 499 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,956 (train horn) 500 00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:12,351 Jess? 501 00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,311 Jess, this is, uh... 502 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:16,954 This is Virgil. He's workin' for me. 503 00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:19,916 Give him somethin' that runs. Fix him up. 504 00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:23,350 What I fix, runs. Who pays? 505 00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,352 Police. 506 00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:30,157 Well, you know where to find me. 507 00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,156 What you doin' here, man? 508 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:12,350 Policeman. 509 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,438 You're a policeman here in Sparta? 510 00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:19,471 They've got a murder they don't know what to do with. 511 00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,955 They need a whipping boy. 512 00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:32,155 You got a roof? 513 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,997 No. I'll find a motel. 514 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:38,276 (Jess chuckles) 515 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,869 Viola... We got company. 516 00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,749 Know what's gonna happen? 517 00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:55,836 He gonna get hisself killed. 518 00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:59,351 You watch and see he don't. 519 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:03,029 I'm aware of the risk, Tom. But, like it or not, we're stuck with him. 520 00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:06,038 Not if the chief here is right on the ball. 521 00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:12,677 What do you say, Chief? You got that old killer all lined up in your front sights, hm? 522 00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:16,555 I'm workin' on it. 523 00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:18,830 Tom, climb off of Gillespie's back now. 524 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:22,714 You know damn well we didn't hire him off a homicide squad. 525 00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,558 Yeah, well, it's gonna be his week. 526 00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:29,478 Cos Colbert's only the start. 527 00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:31,795 I say this nigger won't live past Saturday. 528 00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:47,119 Mrs Colbert, can you tell me about your husband's enemies? 529 00:53:47,240 --> 00:53:51,233 That's Endicott. He's been fighting us all the way. 530 00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:55,273 He sits up on his hill and runs this county. 531 00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:57,914 Or did, until we moved in. 532 00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:05,116 Did your husband tell you where he was going last night? 533 00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:10,912 He said he wasn't sleepy. I went to bed. 534 00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:13,714 What time was that? 535 00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:16,909 A little after 11, I think. 536 00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:21,352 Did he call you, or anybody on your staff, after 11? 537 00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:24,072 No. 538 00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:29,348 Maybe the elevator boy can tell us what time he went out. 539 00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,755 They put it on self-service after ten. 540 00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:38,795 Did your husband use a car here? 541 00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:55,876 Find anything? 542 00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,470 - Whoever killed Colbert drove this car. - How do you know? 543 00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:03,476 Where you goin'? 544 00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:09,595 I'd drive up there, but I'm sure you don't want me running up there by myself. 545 00:56:09,720 --> 00:56:11,676 - up where? - Eric Endicott's. 546 00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:13,279 Endicott's?! Come on, now! 547 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:23,598 (# "In the Heat of the Night" instrumental) 548 00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:03,752 None of that for you, huh, Virgil? 549 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:14,674 # In the heat of the night 550 00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:18,475 # Mm-hm, ain't a woman yet been born 551 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:23,391 # Yeah 552 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:29,232 # Knows how to make the mornin' come 553 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:37,712 # It's so hard to keep control 554 00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:39,398 # Yes, it is 555 00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:43,229 # When I could sell my soul 556 00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:46,476 # Forjust a little light 557 00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:50,559 # In the heat of the night 558 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:08,920 Listen. You know something I don't know? 559 00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:13,551 I found a piece of osmunda in Colbert's car. 560 00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:17,195 - A piece of what? - On the brake pedal. Osmunda. Fern root. 561 00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:20,869 Fern root? Oh, is Mr Endicott here? 562 00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:24,470 Yes, sir. He's out in the greenhouse. Would you follow me, please? 563 00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:51,435 - Gillespie. - Mr Endicott. 564 00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:54,550 This here's Virgil. 565 00:58:55,560 --> 00:58:58,313 - Mr Tibbs. - How do you do, sir? 566 00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:01,955 Oh, may I have Henry fetch you somethin'? Some light refreshment? 567 00:59:02,080 --> 00:59:06,790 - No, thank you. We're all right... - I'll have something cold, soft. Anything. 568 00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:09,753 Henry, bring in a pitcher of lemonade. I'll have one, too. 569 00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:11,836 Yes, sir. 570 00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:16,157 I didn't know it was possible to grow this species locally. 571 00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:18,510 - Oh, you like flowers? - I do. 572 00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:20,870 Mr Tibbs, do you know anything about orchids? 573 00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:24,754 - Not very much, but I do like them. - Well, let me show you. 574 00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:29,556 Endicott's folly. 575 00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:36,839 - What do you think? - It's beautiful. It's breathtaking. 576 00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:41,636 - Have you a favourite, Mr Tibbs? - Well, I'm partial to any of the epiphytics. 577 00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:44,115 Why, isn't that remarkable! 578 00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:48,589 That of all the orchids in this place, you should prefer the epiphytics. 579 00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:50,676 I wonder if you know why. 580 00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,749 Maybe it would be helpful if you'd tell me. 581 00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:56,713 Because, like the Negro, 582 00:59:56,840 --> 01:00:00,515 they need care and feedin' and cultivatin'. 583 01:00:01,560 --> 01:00:03,516 And that takes time. 584 01:00:05,080 --> 01:00:08,470 That's somethin' you can't make some people understand. 585 01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:11,717 That's somethin' Mr Colbert didn't realise. 586 01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:20,794 Is this what the epiphytics root in? 587 01:00:20,920 --> 01:00:23,514 My point! They thrive on it. 588 01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:26,234 Take it away from them, they do poorly. 589 01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:30,469 - What do you call this material? - That's osmunda. Fern root. 590 01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:41,076 Well, we don't wanna take any more of your time, Mr Endicott. 591 01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:46,835 Why'd you two come here? 592 01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:56,514 To ask you about Mr Colbert. 593 01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:02,593 Let me understand this. 594 01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:06,315 You two came here... to question me? 595 01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:12,079 Well, your... 596 01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:14,316 your attitudes, Mr Endicott, 597 01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:17,716 your points of view, are a matter of record. 598 01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:22,037 Some people - let us say the people who work for Mr Colbert - 599 01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:26,551 might reasonably regard you as the person least likely to mourn his passing. 600 01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:31,756 We were just trying to clarify some of the evidence. 601 01:01:32,960 --> 01:01:37,476 Was Mr Colbert ever in this greenhouse? Say, last night, about midnight? 602 01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:45,478 Gillespie? 603 01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:47,511 Yeah? 604 01:01:47,640 --> 01:01:51,315 - You saw it. - Oh, I saw it. 605 01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:55,550 What are you gonna do about it? 606 01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,233 I don't know. 607 01:02:00,640 --> 01:02:02,596 I'll remember that. 608 01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:10,670 There was a time... when I could have had you shot. 609 01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:44,599 - You better clear out. And I mean fast! - What about that speech you gave me? 610 01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:47,837 I didn't know you'd slap any white man! Least of all Endicott! 611 01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:50,758 All right. Give me another day. Two days. I'm close. 612 01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:54,998 I can pull that fat cat down. I can bring him right off this hill! 613 01:02:57,320 --> 01:02:59,072 Oh, boy. 614 01:03:01,240 --> 01:03:03,674 Man, you're just like the rest of us. 615 01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:06,956 Ain't ya? 616 01:03:20,800 --> 01:03:23,394 It's all my fault. 617 01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:29,356 But there's no point in ducking it. 618 01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:32,074 It's gonna be tough to keep you in your job now. 619 01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:38,312 Now look here, Bill. I don't have to tell you how urgent it is to get Tibbs outta town. 620 01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:41,512 - No. I already told him to go. - All right. 621 01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:44,598 Now, Miz Colbert is not gonna be back till Thursday. 622 01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:46,711 You catch your guilty party by then, 623 01:03:46,840 --> 01:03:50,310 she won't hold it against us we had to send Tibbs home for his own good. 624 01:03:50,440 --> 01:03:53,034 But you gotta do it, you hear? 625 01:03:53,160 --> 01:03:55,116 I hear. 626 01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:58,113 Bill? 627 01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:03,829 What's made you change your mind about Tibbs? 628 01:04:03,960 --> 01:04:05,916 Who says I have? 629 01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:08,989 Last chief we had, 630 01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:14,240 he'd have shot Tibbs one second after he slapped Endicott, claimed self-defence. 631 01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:32,991 - Gillespie here. - Courtney here, sir. 632 01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:37,238 - Did you take Virgil down the depot? - No, sir. Hejust plain wouldn't go. 633 01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:40,318 - Shagbag saw him headin' to River Road. - Check. 634 01:04:46,920 --> 01:04:48,956 (car horn) 635 01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:54,716 (car horn) 636 01:04:57,560 --> 01:04:59,710 (car horn) 637 01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:05,356 Hey! C'mon! C'mon! 638 01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:17,396 (car horn) 639 01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:27,916 (car horn) 640 01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:33,238 Hey! C'mon! 641 01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:53,396 (car horn) 642 01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:28,272 OK, black boy. We come here to teach you some manners. 643 01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:35,118 We told you about them bad manners, boy. You better put that down. 644 01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:42,714 (Virgil) Why don't you come and get it, baby? 645 01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:06,319 (thug) C'mon, man. You ain't nothin'. C'mon. Let's get him. 646 01:08:09,720 --> 01:08:11,676 We'll put that round your neck. 647 01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:19,716 Hit him, man! Get him from the side! 648 01:08:32,320 --> 01:08:34,356 Get behind him! 649 01:08:36,800 --> 01:08:39,075 All right, hold it! 650 01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:46,358 All right, boys. 651 01:08:49,160 --> 01:08:52,948 You've had your fun. Now go on, you just run along home. 652 01:08:56,360 --> 01:08:58,476 Nigger-lover. 653 01:09:08,400 --> 01:09:12,188 - I didn't catch what you said. - Get rid of the nigger. 654 01:09:12,320 --> 01:09:15,437 You don't... we will. 655 01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:20,028 Now, is that a suggestion, or is that an order? 656 01:09:20,160 --> 01:09:22,116 That's a warnin'! 657 01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:26,832 I see. 658 01:09:27,880 --> 01:09:29,632 I see. 659 01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:37,834 Shut up and take this trash outta here! Come on, move it and go! 660 01:09:46,360 --> 01:09:49,033 Well, you finally get the message, Virgil?! 661 01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:04,435 May I get in? 662 01:10:04,560 --> 01:10:07,074 - Thought you left town. - Not yet. 663 01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:15,714 Could you follow the same route you followed Tuesday night, same speed? 664 01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:18,195 - Why? - Why not? 665 01:10:21,920 --> 01:10:25,674 - Maybe I better check with the chief. - I wouldn't want him to slap you down 666 01:10:25,800 --> 01:10:28,314 for steppin' outta line, 667 01:10:28,440 --> 01:10:31,079 makin' decisions on your own, and all that. 668 01:10:32,840 --> 01:10:35,559 He don't knock me outta my socks. 669 01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:40,236 Let's get rollin', Virgil. 670 01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:00,640 # All you little birds better lock up tight 671 01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:03,911 # Cos there's a foul owl on the prowl tonight 672 01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:08,276 # Hey, little lark, get outta the dark 673 01:11:08,400 --> 01:11:12,029 # Foul owl on the prowl 674 01:11:12,160 --> 01:11:15,596 # Cute littlejay, stay outta his way 675 01:11:15,720 --> 01:11:18,473 # Foul owl on the prowl 676 01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:23,035 # Youjust might be the quail he'll tail 677 01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:26,550 # Foul owl on the prowl 678 01:11:26,680 --> 01:11:30,275 # Youjust might be the swallow he'll follow 679 01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:33,153 # Foul owl on the prowl 680 01:11:34,520 --> 01:11:37,353 # lfyou hear him hoot - scoot 681 01:11:38,240 --> 01:11:41,073 # lfyou pass his tree - flee 682 01:11:41,880 --> 01:11:44,713 # lfyou catch his eye - fly 683 01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:48,353 # Don't wait to say goodbye 684 01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:52,514 Take ten minutes to get myself a king-sized Coke and a wedge of pie. 685 01:11:53,520 --> 01:11:56,273 That is, if that peckerwood ain't sold out again. 686 01:11:59,160 --> 01:12:02,948 - Can I bring you anything? - No. I'm coming in. 687 01:12:13,720 --> 01:12:15,711 I thought I told you to get outta here. 688 01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:18,593 - I'm not ready to leave. - I was gonna tell you, Chief. 689 01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:21,518 - You forget about those four maniacs? - I need more time. 690 01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:24,518 - Do I have to put you on the train myself?! - I guess so! 691 01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:26,596 Whoa. 692 01:12:27,360 --> 01:12:31,558 All right, Virgil. Just what the hell do you want? 693 01:12:32,400 --> 01:12:36,632 I wanna know exactly where Sam was at all times on the night of the murder. 694 01:12:37,000 --> 01:12:39,833 # lfyou pass his tree - flee 695 01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:43,598 # lfyou catch his eye - fly 696 01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:48,875 Virgil, if you get killed, we'll have one hell of a mess in this town. You know that? 697 01:12:50,600 --> 01:12:52,556 I know. 698 01:13:11,200 --> 01:13:14,033 Got some real luscious cream pie for you tonight, Sam. 699 01:13:14,160 --> 01:13:17,038 I mean Officer Wood. Just like you always order. 700 01:13:17,160 --> 01:13:21,472 You know I don't eat that stuff. The chief likes his boys streamlined. Right, Chief? 701 01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:23,955 Why don't you shut up, Sam? 702 01:13:25,120 --> 01:13:28,590 - All right, what'll you have, Virgil? - I ain't servin' him! 703 01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:40,873 Tuesday night you walked out of here at 2.40. Right? 704 01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:42,956 Right on the button. 705 01:13:43,880 --> 01:13:46,235 Two minutes from now. 706 01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:02,029 That's for him. 707 01:14:17,360 --> 01:14:20,318 Now, what'd you do when you came out that night? 708 01:14:21,280 --> 01:14:23,635 Well, I picked up the radio and called in. 709 01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:25,352 Do it, please. 710 01:14:25,480 --> 01:14:27,835 Go ahead. Go ahead. 711 01:14:35,440 --> 01:14:39,877 uh... Wood to radio. I'm leavin' Compton's now. 712 01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:43,151 (Courtney) Sam, look sharp. Gillespie's sniffin' around. 713 01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:45,236 Gimme that thing! 714 01:14:46,040 --> 01:14:49,794 Courtney, your brother says I didn't tell him to fix that hinge, so I told you. 715 01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:51,751 Do you read me, Courtney? 716 01:14:51,880 --> 01:14:54,838 - Oh, I'll get right on it, Chief. - I'd do that if I were you. 717 01:14:54,960 --> 01:14:56,916 Yes, sir. Ten-four. 718 01:15:15,640 --> 01:15:18,996 All right, you can move us. Officer Wood. 719 01:16:00,680 --> 01:16:03,399 - Why'd you do that, Sam? - Do what? 720 01:16:03,520 --> 01:16:06,273 Change your route back there at the corner. 721 01:16:09,040 --> 01:16:11,395 Who says I changed? 722 01:16:14,080 --> 01:16:17,868 Look, I oughta know what I did! Chief, do I have to put up with this? 723 01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:20,355 Do I work for you, or do I work for him? 724 01:16:24,160 --> 01:16:26,116 Good night, gentlemen. 725 01:16:54,080 --> 01:16:56,310 I don't know. 726 01:16:56,440 --> 01:16:59,398 - I don't know. - Well, I appreciate anything you can do. 727 01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:04,037 - This is highly irregular. - Yeah, I know that. 728 01:17:04,160 --> 01:17:09,109 Showing our depositors' accounts? Hm. I don't know. 729 01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:15,468 - You sure this is an official request? - Yes. It's official, yes. 730 01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:22,310 - You willing to put that in writing? - Yeah. I'll put it in writing. 731 01:17:22,440 --> 01:17:24,635 On police department letterhead? 732 01:17:24,760 --> 01:17:28,036 I would write it on the head of a pin if you want it there. 733 01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:32,119 - I gotta have somethin' for the file. - I realise that, but I'm in a hurry. 734 01:17:32,240 --> 01:17:35,073 Well, we'll see. 735 01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:40,839 He's had an account with us for several years now. 736 01:17:40,960 --> 01:17:42,712 That so? 737 01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:45,716 Not a large account. 738 01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:49,474 Never more than... Yeah. 739 01:17:54,040 --> 01:17:56,235 $208. 740 01:17:56,360 --> 01:17:59,875 That was back in '62. September. 741 01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:05,152 I am not interested in '62 September. I am interested in yesterday. 742 01:18:05,280 --> 01:18:07,840 Yesterday? Well... 743 01:18:10,280 --> 01:18:12,555 Well. 744 01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:17,629 According to this, he made a deposit of... $632. 745 01:18:17,760 --> 01:18:19,671 - Yesterday? - Yes. 746 01:18:19,800 --> 01:18:23,554 - Thank you. - Must have been when I was out to lunch. 747 01:18:23,680 --> 01:18:26,240 A deposit that size, I'd remember. 748 01:18:26,360 --> 01:18:29,796 Oh, you'll send me that letter for the file, you hear? 749 01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:33,959 I'll tell you, baby brother, the chief didn't like him, not even from the first. 750 01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:35,991 (door opens) 751 01:18:36,120 --> 01:18:38,509 - Morning. - Where do you think you're goin'? 752 01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:40,995 (Courtney) It's all right. Let him go. 753 01:18:45,880 --> 01:18:50,158 I just talked to the FBI lab. We can prove Colbert was in that greenhouse. 754 01:18:50,280 --> 01:18:52,396 Endicott's covering up. 755 01:18:52,520 --> 01:18:55,478 I'm afraid you're too late. We already got the guilty man. 756 01:18:55,600 --> 01:18:58,034 - Who? - Sam. 757 01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:00,750 - Sam? - That's right. 758 01:19:05,240 --> 01:19:06,832 Our man is Endicott. 759 01:19:07,160 --> 01:19:10,311 You just think a minute. Didn't you catch Sam in a lie last night? 760 01:19:10,440 --> 01:19:13,637 And yesterday he makes a big cash deposit at the bank. 761 01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:16,115 If I told you once, I told you a hundred times 762 01:19:16,240 --> 01:19:19,676 that I won that matchin' quarters and halves. It took me three years! 763 01:19:19,800 --> 01:19:21,791 Then why was it in big bills? I checked. 764 01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:25,754 Because whenever I got enough change, I'd trade it in on $20 bills. 765 01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:28,838 And when I got up to $600, I took it down and put it in the bank. 766 01:19:28,960 --> 01:19:33,795 The day Colbert was killed, he cashed a cheque for $900, $600 of which is gone, 767 01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:38,118 $300 of which I believe you left in the wallet as bait for some kid like Oberst! 768 01:19:38,240 --> 01:19:42,597 - What kinda man do you think I am?! - Now, don't you push me, boy! 769 01:19:46,960 --> 01:19:49,235 Now listen. 770 01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:51,874 If you weren't suspicious of Sam here, 771 01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:55,959 why did you question him last night when he changed his route? 772 01:19:58,280 --> 01:20:00,953 - I knew why he changed his route. - Knew what? 773 01:20:01,080 --> 01:20:04,834 He was afraid I'd see some naked white girl down the block. 774 01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:07,235 - What? - Some girl named Delores Purdy. 775 01:20:07,360 --> 01:20:11,478 She parades around in the nude at night to get her kicks. That's... 776 01:20:12,800 --> 01:20:14,472 - How do you know? - I know. 777 01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:16,750 Well, I know. Do you understand? 778 01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:19,872 I know that Colbert cashed a cheque for $900. 779 01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:22,514 I know that Sam made a big cash deposit. 780 01:20:22,640 --> 01:20:26,599 I know that you caught him in a lie. And I know that's enough for me. 781 01:20:28,040 --> 01:20:30,031 C'mon, Sam. 782 01:20:30,160 --> 01:20:32,116 Martin, lock him up. 783 01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:37,552 Well? 784 01:20:40,960 --> 01:20:44,919 Well... you're making a mistake. 785 01:20:45,560 --> 01:20:47,915 Don't you bet against it. 786 01:20:50,440 --> 01:20:52,874 You can catch your train now, Virgil. 787 01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:16,792 Tibbs? 788 01:21:19,320 --> 01:21:21,788 Do you think Sam did it? 789 01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:27,918 - Where do I find the chief? - What's it all about? 790 01:21:28,040 --> 01:21:29,598 My business. 791 01:21:31,560 --> 01:21:33,710 Hey, look, Purdy. 792 01:21:33,840 --> 01:21:37,674 Now, you got a complaint? Well, right here's where you file it. 793 01:21:39,200 --> 01:21:41,634 What I got to say, I say to the chief. 794 01:21:42,680 --> 01:21:45,319 It's about Sam Wood. 795 01:21:46,120 --> 01:21:47,872 All right. 796 01:21:50,120 --> 01:21:52,350 - (knock on door) - (Gillespie) Yeah? 797 01:21:55,480 --> 01:21:58,597 (Harold) Purdy's out here, sir. It's about Sam. 798 01:21:58,720 --> 01:22:01,075 All right. Send him in. 799 01:22:11,720 --> 01:22:14,154 She is gonna have a baby. Sam Wood's baby. 800 01:22:20,720 --> 01:22:23,154 Well, ask her yourself if you don't believe me! 801 01:22:23,720 --> 01:22:26,075 What are you doin' here? 802 01:22:27,400 --> 01:22:30,312 It's important that I hear this. 803 01:22:33,720 --> 01:22:36,598 I ain't talkin' about this with him in the room. 804 01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:44,789 - Boy, you don't want trouble, you get! - You be sensible. I'm a police officer. 805 01:22:47,560 --> 01:22:51,030 You gonna get him outta here, or do I gotta do it?! 806 01:22:51,160 --> 01:22:55,039 You ain't gonna do nothin'. You just stand there and shut up. 807 01:22:55,720 --> 01:22:57,472 (sniggers) 808 01:23:03,960 --> 01:23:05,916 Sit down, little girl. 809 01:23:09,560 --> 01:23:11,516 All right, now. 810 01:23:12,600 --> 01:23:17,116 You tell me... all about it. Just tell me how it happened. 811 01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:22,596 Oh, come on. Come on, girl, speak! 812 01:23:22,720 --> 01:23:25,757 - Well, you know how hot it's been. - Yeah. 813 01:23:25,880 --> 01:23:28,235 Nights, they aren't any better. 814 01:23:29,800 --> 01:23:32,155 My brother works nights. 815 01:23:32,880 --> 01:23:35,599 He leaves me all alone. 816 01:23:35,720 --> 01:23:38,598 This particular night, I go out on the porch. 817 01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:43,314 I'm thinkin' how nice it'd be if I had a fountain drink. 818 01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:47,675 Sam comes down our road. 819 01:23:48,520 --> 01:23:50,829 Just like he comes every night. 820 01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:55,998 Passin' like a lord in that fine, big, shiny car. 821 01:23:58,960 --> 01:24:01,474 Only, this time he stops. 822 01:24:02,920 --> 01:24:06,435 He's got a nice face, don't you think, Chief? 823 01:24:06,560 --> 01:24:08,312 So he stopped. 824 01:24:12,400 --> 01:24:15,278 - (softly) He says... - What? I didn't hear what you said. 825 01:24:15,400 --> 01:24:17,356 (louder) He says... 826 01:24:18,720 --> 01:24:20,915 "Hey, little girl, 827 01:24:22,240 --> 01:24:24,993 you know what the coolest spot in town is?" 828 01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:30,438 And I said "No, Sam. I guess I don't." 829 01:24:31,360 --> 01:24:35,399 And he said... "The cemetery. That's where." 830 01:24:36,720 --> 01:24:38,631 "Know why?" 831 01:24:40,360 --> 01:24:45,434 "Cos they got all of them big, cool tombstones." 832 01:24:45,560 --> 01:24:49,314 "Ever stretch out on a tombstone, Delores?" 833 01:24:49,440 --> 01:24:53,831 "Feel all that nice, cool marble along your body?" 834 01:24:59,280 --> 01:25:02,477 - He said that? - You hear, Chief? You hear? 835 01:25:02,600 --> 01:25:04,556 Yeah, I hear. I hear. 836 01:25:05,160 --> 01:25:10,109 All right. Sam comes along and stops in front of your house and talks. What else? 837 01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:14,030 Well, come on now, girl. What else? What else? What else? 838 01:25:15,200 --> 01:25:18,237 - Then I went for a ride with him. - Where'd you go? 839 01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:19,395 The cemetery. 840 01:25:19,520 --> 01:25:23,479 So, Wood took you to the cemetery in the patrol car, right? 841 01:25:23,600 --> 01:25:27,115 And then things went a bit too far. Is that what you're sayin'? 842 01:25:27,240 --> 01:25:29,390 Did they get a little bit outta line? 843 01:25:29,520 --> 01:25:32,273 Come on now. Is that what you're tryin' to say? 844 01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:34,356 Come on, girl! Is it or ain't it? 845 01:25:34,480 --> 01:25:37,040 - Yeah, they went too far! - Well, fine! 846 01:25:37,760 --> 01:25:40,479 Now, I got one more question. Very important. 847 01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:43,315 Did he force you, or did you let him? 848 01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:46,956 Don't mean a damn whether she let him or not! She is still 16! 849 01:25:47,080 --> 01:25:49,958 In this state, that's rape! I know the plain law on that! 850 01:25:50,080 --> 01:25:53,834 I know the laws in the state of Mississippi, thank you! 851 01:25:56,800 --> 01:25:59,633 - Are you sure you're pregnant? - Yes, I am pregnant! 852 01:26:04,160 --> 01:26:05,798 - Courtney! - Yes, sir? 853 01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:08,878 Better get in here with a pad and a pencil. 854 01:26:13,880 --> 01:26:16,440 Come on in. I want you to take this all down. 855 01:26:16,560 --> 01:26:20,519 You had no right to keep a nigger in the room, shame my little sister. 856 01:26:22,840 --> 01:26:24,876 You had no right. 857 01:26:26,760 --> 01:26:29,228 Virge, what's happenin'? 858 01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:30,634 - Hi, Harve. - How are you? 859 01:26:30,760 --> 01:26:33,194 - Fine. - Man, uh... 860 01:26:35,680 --> 01:26:40,196 - You sure saved my hide. - Listen, Harvey. Man, uh... 861 01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:45,949 If a guy knocks up a girl in this town, where can he go for help? 862 01:26:49,240 --> 01:26:51,913 - Barbershop. - Barbershop? 863 01:26:52,440 --> 01:26:55,796 Borrow Mr Fanning's razor and cut your throat! 864 01:26:56,600 --> 01:26:58,352 Well... 865 01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:02,353 But suppose Mr Fanning's razor is too dull. 866 01:27:02,480 --> 01:27:05,916 Suppose he's got some real money to spread around. 867 01:27:09,760 --> 01:27:11,716 uh... 868 01:27:11,840 --> 01:27:13,592 Well, uh... 869 01:27:14,840 --> 01:27:17,673 There used to be a coloured gal. 870 01:27:17,800 --> 01:27:23,272 But she kept bumpin' her price, and I don't know if she's still in business. 871 01:27:23,400 --> 01:27:26,836 - What's her name? - Well, I ain't never had to look her up. 872 01:27:28,240 --> 01:27:31,198 But, uh... Packy might know. 873 01:27:32,200 --> 01:27:34,555 Where do I find Packy? 874 01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:39,199 Down at the pool hall. But, man, he wouldn't tell you. 875 01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:42,035 Not unless I say so. 876 01:27:42,160 --> 01:27:45,277 And how am I gonna say so locked up in here? 877 01:27:45,600 --> 01:27:49,752 Suppose I get word to Packy that you wanna see him? Have him come here? 878 01:27:52,920 --> 01:27:55,480 Will you let him bring me a cheeseburger? 879 01:27:59,080 --> 01:28:01,071 Onions? 880 01:28:01,200 --> 01:28:03,316 Now you're talkin'! 881 01:28:04,360 --> 01:28:06,237 (Sam) uh... Virge? 882 01:28:55,080 --> 01:28:57,150 (footstep) 883 01:28:57,280 --> 01:28:59,430 A little careless, ain't you, Virgil? 884 01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:04,315 Parked in the road, you could get yourself killed. Anybody'd know where you are. 885 01:29:06,080 --> 01:29:10,278 - You know what this land is? - Yeah. It's the site for the new factory. 886 01:29:11,320 --> 01:29:16,713 I found a piece of wood in Colbert's scalp. The lab identified it as pine. 887 01:29:16,840 --> 01:29:21,197 Three people saw Colbert drive by - alone - on the way back from Endicott's. 888 01:29:21,320 --> 01:29:25,836 Colbert must have picked up somebody in town and then come out here. 889 01:29:25,960 --> 01:29:28,679 I tell you he didn't pick up nobody. 890 01:29:28,800 --> 01:29:32,634 Sam followed him here, come up behind him, just like I come up behind you. 891 01:29:32,760 --> 01:29:36,275 - I heard you. Colbert would have too. - He turned and he got smashed! 892 01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:38,436 He was hit from behind! 893 01:29:38,560 --> 01:29:41,757 If Delores Purdy hadn't come in, I never would have seen the truth. 894 01:29:41,880 --> 01:29:45,350 I was hung up trying to get Endicott, for personal reasons. 895 01:29:45,840 --> 01:29:47,910 Do you know what I'm gonna do, Virgil? 896 01:29:48,040 --> 01:29:51,237 I'm gonna take you to Brownsville and put you on the bus myself. 897 01:29:51,360 --> 01:29:54,909 You aren't taking me anywhere. You dig? You're holding the wrong man! 898 01:29:55,040 --> 01:29:59,716 The wrong man?! I got the motive, which is money, and the body, which is dead! 899 01:29:59,840 --> 01:30:02,115 - What makes you so sure? - Why do you doubt it?! 900 01:30:02,240 --> 01:30:04,470 Because Colbert was killed here! 901 01:30:04,600 --> 01:30:07,717 Then driven back to town in his own car and dumped on the streets. 902 01:30:07,840 --> 01:30:10,479 Sam couldn't have driven two cars! 903 01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:40,996 What do you want? 904 01:30:43,680 --> 01:30:45,796 Give me till morning. 905 01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:23,676 (Gillespie chuckles) 906 01:31:26,800 --> 01:31:28,995 You know... 907 01:31:29,120 --> 01:31:32,556 You know, Virgil, you are among the chosen few. 908 01:31:35,120 --> 01:31:37,190 How's that? 909 01:31:37,320 --> 01:31:42,110 Well, I think that you're the first human being that's ever been in here. 910 01:31:45,880 --> 01:31:49,634 Well, you can't be too careful, man. 911 01:31:52,960 --> 01:31:55,394 You know a lotta things, don't you? 912 01:31:56,440 --> 01:31:59,398 Well, just what do you know about insomnia? 913 01:32:04,560 --> 01:32:06,232 Bourbon can't cure it. 914 01:32:10,680 --> 01:32:13,035 Well... that's for sure. 915 01:32:14,320 --> 01:32:17,915 Now look. I got no wife. I got no kids. 916 01:32:18,840 --> 01:32:23,789 Boy, I got a town that... don't want me. 917 01:32:28,320 --> 01:32:31,756 And I got an air conditioner that I have to oil myself, 918 01:32:32,600 --> 01:32:35,751 and a desk with a busted leg. And on top of that, I got... 919 01:32:37,440 --> 01:32:39,192 this, uh... 920 01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:42,356 place. 921 01:32:42,480 --> 01:32:45,995 Now, don't you think that'd drive a man to takin' a few drinks? 922 01:32:53,480 --> 01:32:56,233 I'll tell you a secret. 923 01:32:56,360 --> 01:32:58,316 Nobody comes here. 924 01:33:00,120 --> 01:33:01,872 Never. 925 01:33:11,880 --> 01:33:13,950 You married? 926 01:33:15,280 --> 01:33:17,032 No. 927 01:33:18,440 --> 01:33:20,396 Ever been? 928 01:33:22,520 --> 01:33:24,272 No. 929 01:33:28,200 --> 01:33:30,555 Ever been close to it? 930 01:33:43,000 --> 01:33:45,468 Close to it. 931 01:33:49,960 --> 01:33:54,795 Don't you get just... a little lonely? 932 01:34:00,640 --> 01:34:03,313 No lonelier than you, man. 933 01:34:08,400 --> 01:34:11,517 Oh, now, don't get smart, black boy. 934 01:34:14,360 --> 01:34:16,794 I don't need it. 935 01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:24,275 No pity, thank you. 936 01:34:28,800 --> 01:34:30,756 No, thank you! 937 01:34:33,280 --> 01:34:34,633 (knock at door) 938 01:34:38,720 --> 01:34:39,835 - Yeah? - Chief? 939 01:34:39,960 --> 01:34:43,748 - Yeah. - You know where I can find Virgil? 940 01:34:43,880 --> 01:34:45,711 Who are you? 941 01:34:45,840 --> 01:34:50,038 Packy, Chief. Packy Harrison. I'm a friend of Harve. 942 01:34:53,040 --> 01:34:56,237 - You got something for me? - Yeah. 943 01:34:56,360 --> 01:34:59,352 - Where you goin'? - Where whitey ain't allowed. 944 01:35:00,160 --> 01:35:04,233 - What the hell does that mean? - You gave me till morning. Remember? 945 01:35:12,160 --> 01:35:14,116 (car engine starts) 946 01:35:35,880 --> 01:35:39,634 - Here's the car. - He could have exchanged cars by now. 947 01:35:39,760 --> 01:35:42,638 John, you stick here. We'll keep cruisin'. 948 01:35:52,280 --> 01:35:55,113 You find him, come back for me, you hear? 949 01:35:58,680 --> 01:36:02,070 That's her place, here. You want me to wait? 950 01:36:02,880 --> 01:36:06,395 No, thank you, Packy. You go on home. 951 01:36:26,800 --> 01:36:28,756 (bell tinkles) 952 01:36:47,600 --> 01:36:49,477 Mrs Bellamy? 953 01:36:50,160 --> 01:36:52,913 People around here call me Mama Caleba. 954 01:36:53,280 --> 01:36:57,432 Mama, I'm not from around here. But you can put me on my train. 955 01:36:58,000 --> 01:37:01,470 You talk crazy. You gin-drunk? 956 01:37:02,680 --> 01:37:05,148 Just homesick. 957 01:37:05,960 --> 01:37:07,871 Lord, Lord! 958 01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:11,390 Whisper two little words, Mama, and I'm on my way. 959 01:37:11,520 --> 01:37:17,390 Maybe... I don't want to sever a beautiful child like you right out. 960 01:37:24,360 --> 01:37:26,316 A man's name. 961 01:37:30,200 --> 01:37:32,156 First name, last name. 962 01:37:33,680 --> 01:37:36,638 The man who's paying you for Delores Purdy's abortion. 963 01:37:36,760 --> 01:37:39,194 You're the boy who works for Mr Charlie. 964 01:37:41,120 --> 01:37:43,475 I thought that's who you was. 965 01:37:44,600 --> 01:37:46,955 Why you wanna do that? 966 01:37:48,360 --> 01:37:51,397 Why you wanna help the police like that? 967 01:37:51,520 --> 01:37:54,273 They stealin' your soul. 968 01:37:54,400 --> 01:37:57,517 They chew you up and spit you out. 969 01:37:57,640 --> 01:38:00,074 I'm not here to lay a finger on you, Mama. 970 01:38:02,040 --> 01:38:04,156 It's the white boy I want. 971 01:38:04,280 --> 01:38:06,635 What you got against him? He's paying for his fun. 972 01:38:06,760 --> 01:38:09,991 How much? I bet you he's not paying you more than a hundred. 973 01:38:10,520 --> 01:38:14,559 You know how much he's got in his pocket right now? More than $600! 974 01:38:15,480 --> 01:38:18,552 That cracker? (chuckles) 975 01:38:18,680 --> 01:38:22,639 - Where'd he come off getting 600? - He killed Mr Colbert. 976 01:38:25,720 --> 01:38:27,756 You gone crazy out of your mind. 977 01:38:27,880 --> 01:38:30,633 Now listen. Hear me good, Mama, please. 978 01:38:30,760 --> 01:38:33,069 Don't make me have to send you to jail. 979 01:38:34,200 --> 01:38:35,599 A lot you care! 980 01:38:35,720 --> 01:38:39,349 There's white time in jail, and coloured time. The worst kind you can do 981 01:38:39,480 --> 01:38:41,118 is coloured time. 982 01:38:44,440 --> 01:38:47,637 Child... you promise... 983 01:38:49,400 --> 01:38:51,994 give me understanding. 984 01:38:52,720 --> 01:38:55,075 I got used to better. 985 01:38:55,920 --> 01:38:58,514 You won't take it away? 986 01:39:00,960 --> 01:39:02,951 I won't take it away. 987 01:39:05,120 --> 01:39:08,874 Well... I don't know his name. 988 01:39:09,720 --> 01:39:12,951 But she's coming here tonight. 989 01:39:13,320 --> 01:39:15,276 Get herself straight. 990 01:39:30,680 --> 01:39:33,433 - Leave me alone! Let me go! - (man) Let go of her! 991 01:39:34,720 --> 01:39:37,234 - Let go of her! - Let go of me! 992 01:39:40,600 --> 01:39:42,955 Gonna teach you, boy! 993 01:39:43,520 --> 01:39:45,476 No club this time, man? 994 01:39:46,200 --> 01:39:50,273 A gun's not smart. The way you killed Colbert was much smarter. 995 01:39:51,280 --> 01:39:53,316 You killed Colbert?! 996 01:39:53,440 --> 01:39:56,273 He's crazy. Crazy. 997 01:40:01,440 --> 01:40:03,271 (horn blares) 998 01:40:17,880 --> 01:40:20,917 (thug) OK, nigger. Your time, nigger. 999 01:40:21,280 --> 01:40:23,236 Look in her purse. 1000 01:40:24,160 --> 01:40:27,391 - What's that mean? - She's got $100 to pay for an abortion. 1001 01:40:27,520 --> 01:40:29,715 Listen to that. That's crazy. 1002 01:40:29,840 --> 01:40:32,479 Money she got from Ralph. 1003 01:40:32,880 --> 01:40:34,916 You gonna listen to him? 1004 01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:37,793 He got her to tell you that Sam Wood did it. 1005 01:40:38,440 --> 01:40:40,954 He made a fool out of you, Purdy. 1006 01:40:42,600 --> 01:40:44,955 - Delores? - Liar! 1007 01:40:45,560 --> 01:40:48,597 You stinkin' liar! 1008 01:40:48,760 --> 01:40:50,716 (Purdy) Gimme that purse! 1009 01:41:03,640 --> 01:41:08,395 You turned my little sister... into a field slut? 1010 01:41:10,960 --> 01:41:13,474 (Delores screams) Lloyd! Lloyd! 1011 01:41:13,600 --> 01:41:16,353 - Hey, man, stay back! - He's got a gun! 1012 01:41:18,640 --> 01:41:20,596 He's dead. 1013 01:41:23,880 --> 01:41:25,836 (Delores sobs) 1014 01:41:32,360 --> 01:41:34,749 When I left her house, I was going to the diner. 1015 01:41:34,880 --> 01:41:37,838 Mr Colbert drove by, so I hitched a ride with him. That's all. 1016 01:41:37,960 --> 01:41:41,635 I said "I sure would like a job in that new factory once you get started." 1017 01:41:41,760 --> 01:41:45,992 And he said "Sure." And I said "Well, I wonder where it's gonna be." 1018 01:41:46,120 --> 01:41:50,716 He said that field we were comin' up to was it, and he would stop and show me. 1019 01:41:51,360 --> 01:41:54,113 I said to myself "Man, he's askin' for it." 1020 01:41:54,720 --> 01:41:58,235 I said "Now, Ralph, all you gotta do when we get out... 1021 01:41:59,360 --> 01:42:03,638 is just sneak up behind him and just... tap him." 1022 01:42:04,720 --> 01:42:08,679 "And then just claim that somebody jumped us from the bushes." 1023 01:42:13,640 --> 01:42:15,596 That's all. 1024 01:42:16,760 --> 01:42:19,115 I didn't mean to kill him. 1025 01:42:24,360 --> 01:42:26,157 Yeah. 1026 01:42:26,280 --> 01:42:28,714 All right, Courtney. That's enough. 1027 01:42:39,160 --> 01:42:41,674 All right. C'mon, Ralph. 1028 01:42:54,600 --> 01:42:56,670 (Ralph on tape) That's all. 1029 01:42:57,720 --> 01:43:00,075 I didn't mean to kill him. 1030 01:43:41,920 --> 01:43:44,354 Well, got your ticket? 1031 01:43:45,160 --> 01:43:47,116 Here you are. 1032 01:43:48,440 --> 01:43:50,396 Thank you. 1033 01:43:51,720 --> 01:43:53,676 - Bye-bye. - Goodbye. 1034 01:43:59,040 --> 01:44:00,996 Virgil? 1035 01:44:05,160 --> 01:44:08,118 You take care. You hear? 1036 01:44:12,800 --> 01:44:14,233 Yeah. 1037 01:44:17,520 --> 01:44:20,159 (# "In the Heat of the Night" by Ray Charles) 1038 01:44:23,520 --> 01:44:25,476 (guard) Board! 1039 01:44:28,520 --> 01:44:32,957 # In the heat of the night 1040 01:44:36,520 --> 01:44:41,275 # I've got trouble wall to wall 1041 01:44:42,160 --> 01:44:44,958 # Oh yes, I have 1042 01:44:45,080 --> 01:44:47,116 # I repeat 1043 01:44:47,240 --> 01:44:49,595 # I repeat, in the night 1044 01:44:51,960 --> 01:44:56,795 # Must be an endin' to it all 1045 01:45:00,480 --> 01:45:05,156 # Hold on, it won't be long 1046 01:45:05,560 --> 01:45:08,233 # Yeah, you be strong 1047 01:45:08,360 --> 01:45:10,635 # And I'll be all right 1048 01:45:10,760 --> 01:45:14,070 # In the heat of the night 1049 01:45:14,400 --> 01:45:20,191 # In the heat of the night 1050 01:45:21,305 --> 01:45:27,205 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org