Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
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 innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Directed by
Norman Jewison
Matt Clark
Packy
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Ray Charles
Arthur Malet
Ulam
Timothy Scott
Shagbag
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Anthony James
Ralph
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
Clegg Hoyt
Deputy (uncredited)
Stuart Nisbet
Shuie
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
William Watson
McNeil
Alan Bergman
Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Khalil Bezaleel
Jess
Sam Reese
Clerk
Jack Teter
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Buzz Barton
Conductor (uncredited)

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