A skeleton in the closet of a local pastor surfaces after he mysteriously drops dead during a church service.A skeleton in the closet of a local pastor surfaces after he mysteriously drops dead during a church service.A skeleton in the closet of a local pastor surfaces after he mysteriously drops dead during a church service.
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- Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
- (as Howard Rollins)
- The Mortician
- (as Aubrey Osteen)
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Ed Rowen: You know what I see? I see a black man that I would not care to see any time, or any place.
[Sgt. Skinner stops in the hallway and catches Chief Gillespie's eye, silently asking if he needs to step into the office]
Ed Rowen: [Chief Gillespie nods to Sgt. Skinner for him to come into the office]
Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs: Yeah, I see a man that I feel the exact same way about, not because he's a white man, but because he's a maggot.
[Chief steps in to break up a fight between Rowen and Tibbs]
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: Easy! Easy! Hold it! Bubba, arrest Mr. Rowen for assault and for being a maggot.
Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner: Oh, we're real tough on maggots around here.
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But in fact there are some like that in Sparta. But it goes to a whole new level when the pastor keels over dead during his sermon.
The how is the key here. When Carroll O'Connor figure out the how the who and why fall into place.
All I'll say is the deceased was an idol with feet of clay.
- bkoganbing
- Feb 2, 2021
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- Lovejoy United Methodist Church - 12835 Georgia Hwy 36, Covington, Georgia, USA(Church and cemetery scenes)
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