A character in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Chief Gillespie quotes from In the Heat of the Night (1967)

3rd most-quoted character in In the Heat of the Night (1967): in 2 of its 10 quotes

A line from Chief Gillespie

I got the motive which is money and the body which is dead!

Scenes with Chief Gillespie

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Chief Gillespie

Got a name, boy?

Virgil Tibbs.

Virgil? [Laughing] Well, I don't think we're going to have any trouble, are we, Virgil?

No trouble at all.

You can go now, Sam. [Deputy Sam Wood leaves the room] Whatcha hit him with?

Hit whom?

"Whom"? "Whom"? Well, you a Northern boy? What's a Northern boy like you doing all the way down here?

I was waiting for the train.

There ain't no trains this time in the morning.

Tuesdays only 4:05 to Memphis.

You say. [train horn blowing] Well, alright. You say right. Now, look. I try to run a nice, clean, safe town here. A town where a man can sneeze and not get his brains beat out. You follow me?

Yes.

Why don't you tell me how you killed Mr. Colbert, and I promise you you're gonna feel a whole lot better.

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