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 innocen... read more
Norman JewisonDirector
John BallNovel
Stirling SilliphantScreenplay
Alan BergmanLyricist
Marilyn BergmanLyricist
Haskell WexlerDirector of Photography
Hal AshbyEditor
Sidney PoitierVirgil Tibbs
Rod SteigerPolice Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren OatesDeputy Sam Wood
Peter WhitneyDeputy Courtney
Lee GrantMrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony JamesRalph
William SchallertMayor Schubert
Scott WilsonHarvey Oberst
Larry GatesEric Endicott
James PattersonMr. Purdy
Quentin DeanDelores Purdy
Kermit MurdockHenderson
Larry D. MannWatkins
Matt ClarkPacky
Beah RichardsMama Caleba
Arthur MaletUlam
Fred StewartDr. Stuart
Timothy ScottShagbag
William WatsonMcNeil
Eldon QuickCharles Hawthorne
Jester HairstonEndicott's Butler
Stuart NisbetShuie
Khalil BezaleelJess
Peter MastersonFryer
Phil Adams1st Tough
Nikita Knatz2nd Tough
Sam ReeseClerk
Jack TeterPhilip Colbert (uncredited)
Alan OppenheimerTed Appleton (uncredited)
Clegg HoytDeputy (uncredited)
Buzz BartonConductor (uncredited)
109 minutes
1967-08-02
English
United States of America
United Artists
The Mirisch Company
157 days ago
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