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Carroll O'Connor

Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
(as Howard Rollins)
(credit only)

Alan Autry

Capt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner
(credit only)

Anne-Marie Johnson

Althea Tibbs
(credit only)

David Hart

Cpl. Parker Williams

Geoffrey Thorne

Sgt. Wilson Sweet

Hugh O'Connor

Lt. Lonnie Jamison

Denise Nicholas

Harriet DeLong
(credit only)

Pat Hingle

Daddy Roy Eversole

Crystal Fox

Cpl. LuAnn Corbin

Laura Whyte

Judge Whitley

Harvey E. Lee Jr.

Officer Ken Covey

Mark Johnson

Officer Luke Everett

Meredith Folland

Caroline Boschell

Rus Blackwell

Johnny Boschell

Daryl Cohen

Norbert Clemens

Danny Nelson

Dewey

Edith Ivey

Loretta

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- Paul Chavez
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After the dump truck chase and Parker grabs the suspect, grabs him, and throws him to the ground Parker jumps off the dirt mound and lands next to the suspect and he's still wearing his hat. It then cuts away. When it comes back to Parker, his hat is about 5ft away on the dirt mound.

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When Norbert was shot, his body was right up against the doorway and the killer drops the wallet next to the body. When they come to the scene the body is about 2 to 3 feet away from the doorway & they say the wallet was a couple of feet away from the body.

Pat Hingle makes the first of two appearances on In The Heat Of The Night as David Hart's stepfather in this episode. Parker Williams, the earnest but a bit thick Sparta policeman is usually the comic relief as everyone around him shows patient and gentle exasperation. In this case Hart gets to be quite serious and quite good.

Hart's the exasperated one here with his stepdad. Hiingle is nobody's idea of a parental role model with his drinking and brawling and womanizing. But he's accused of murdering his latest boss after being fired and he looks real good for it given his reputation.

There's a nice chase scene at the end involving one of those monster trucks and Hart turns out to be a resourceful hero.

Good episode with David Hart taking center stage.