The Definitive Watch Order & Chronological Timeline
Released: 1967 // Runtime: 109m // Rating: 7.7
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Released: 1970 // Runtime: 108m // Rating: 5.8
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
Released: 1971 // Runtime: 108m // Rating: 6.2
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
