IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: SANCTUARY (TV)
Summary
One in this series of police dramas set in a Mississippi town. In this episode, Gillespie and Tibbs are charged with aiding and abetting a fugitive alien when they attempt to help a political prisoner from El Salvador receive a proper hearing. Ramon Salazar, who has escaped from a prison work crew, is given sanctuary in a monastery by Gillespie's good friend, Father Demarco. The monks will not allow the police to enter the monastery, and Sheriff McComb, who has juristiction in the county, asks Gillespie to convince his friend to turn in the prisoner. Gillespie, and later Tibbs, are allowed access to Salazar with the understanding that they will not take him against his will. The priest believes that the laws that put Salazar in jail are unjust and feels that his inevitable deportation would deliver him into the hands of the Salvadoran death squads. Gillespie and Tibbs attempt to convince Salazar that they will be able to arrange a hearing to grant him protected status as a political refugee if he surrenders to the authorities, but he refuses. Ultimately, his refusal leads to tragic consequences, with serious repercussions for Gillespie and Tibbs. Commercials deleted.
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Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: May 12, 1992 Tuesday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:46:16
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:31411
- GENRE: Drama, police
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, police; El Salvador; Sanctuary movement
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1988-1992; CBS - 1992-1994
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Carroll O'Connor … Executive Producer
- Fred Silverman … Executive Producer
- Edward Ledding … Supervising Producer
- Joe Gannon … Producer
- Herb Adelman … Co-Producer
- Victoria LaFortune … Co-Producer
- Mario Azzopardi … Director
- Mitchell Schneider … Writer
- John Ball … Based on the characters from the novel by
- James Lee Barrett … Developed by
- Nan Schwartz … Music by
- Quincy Jones … Theme Music by, Theme song "In the Heat of the Night" written by
- Alan Bergman … Theme Lyrics by, Theme song "In the Heat of the Night" written by
- Marilyn Bergman … Theme Lyrics by, Theme song "In the Heat of the Night" written by
- Chris Page … Theme Music by, Theme song "In the Heat of the Night" arranged by
- Bill Champlin … Music (Misc. Credits), Theme song "In the Heat of the Night" sung by
- Carroll O'Connor … Cast, Chief Bill Gillespie
- Howard Rollins … Cast, Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
- Alan Autry … Cast, Sgt. Bubba Skinner
- Anne-Marie Johnson … Cast, Althea Tibbs
- David Hart … Cast, Deputy Parker Williams
- Geoffrey Thorne … Cast, Deputy Willson Sweet
- Hugh O'Connor … Cast, Deputy Lonnie Jamison
- Cesare Danova … Cast, Father Demarco
- Francesco Quinn … Cast, Ramon Salazar
- Crystal Fox … Cast, Luann Corbin
- Ron Culbreth … Cast, Sheriff McComb
- Chris Lobban … Cast, Bobby Johnson
- Thom Gossam … Cast, Ted Marcus
- Jim Peck … Cast, Brother Paul
- Geoff McKnight … Cast, Deputy Farell
- Stuart Culpepper … Cast, Judge Sims
- C. Harrison Avery … Cast, Clay Isby
- Debra Nelson … Cast, Assistant D.A. Brock