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Season 1 – In the Heat of the Night: Full Cast & Crew Mar 1988 Crime/Drama/Mystery & Thriller
Carroll O'Connor stars as a small-town police chief (and later a sheriff) in fictional Sparta, Miss. For a small town, Sparta has its share of murder, rape, corruption, racism and drunken driving, so O'Connor's Chief William Gillespie has his hands full. The TV series is based on the novel and film of the same name. TV-PG Air Date: Mar 6, 1988 See TV Season Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Carroll O'Connor William Gillespie Actor Howard E. Rollins Jr. Virgil Tibbs Actor Anne-Marie Johnson Althea Tibbs Actor Alan Autry Bubba Skinner Actor Denise Nicholas Harriet DeLong Actor David Hart Parker Williams Actor Christian J. LeBlanc Junior Abernathy Actor Peter Gabb Actor Hugh O'Connor Lonnie Jamison Actor Dennis Lipscomb Actor Jill Carroll Actor Fred Silverman Executive Producer Juanita Bartlett Executive Producer Kathy McCormick Writer William Gray Writer James Lee Barrett Writer Josef Anderson Writer Richard Fielder Writer David Hemmings Director Anthony Wilkinson Director Leo Penn Director Winrich Kolbe Director