In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Khalil Bezaleel: Jess

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• [after Chief Gillespie convinced Virgil Tibbs to stay in town and finish the investigation, they both go to a mechanic's place to get Tibbs a car] 

  Chief Gillespie : Jess.

  [Jess, a black mechanic, appears from under the car he is working on] 

  Chief Gillespie : Jess, this is, uh... This is Virgil. He's working for me. Give him something that runs. You fix him up, you hear.

  Jess : What I fix runs. Who pays.

  Chief Gillespie : Police.

  [to Tibbs:] 

  Chief Gillespie : Well, you know where to find me.

  [after Gillespie has left, Jess looks Virgil and his suit up and down] 

  Jess : What you doin' here, man.

  Virgil Tibbs : Policeman.

  Jess : You're a policeman here in Sparta.

  Virgil Tibbs : They've got a murder they don't know what to do with. They need a whipping boy.

  Jess : You got a roof.

  Virgil Tibbs : No. I'll find a Motel.

  [Jess chuckles and picks up Virgil's suitcase] 

  Jess : Viola... We got company.