An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
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Film Cast:
- Virgil Tibbs: Sidney Poitier
- Bill Gillespie: Rod Steiger
- Sam Wood: Warren Oates
- Leslie Colbert: Lee Grant
- Eric Endicott: Larry Gates
- Mr. Purdy: James Patterson
- Mayor Schubert: William Schallert
- Mama Caleba: Beah Richards
- Courtney: Peter Whitney
- Henderson: Kermit Murdock
- Watkins: Larry D. Mann
- Packy: Matt Clark
- Ulam: Arthur Malet
- Dr. Stuart: Fred Stewart
- Delores: Quentin Dean
- Harvey Oberst: Scott Wilson
- Ralph: Anthony James
- Shagbag: Timothy Scott
- McNeil: William Watson
- Charles Hawthorne: Eldon Quick
- Shuie: Stuart Nisbet
- Jess: Khalil Bezaleel
- Fryer: Peter Masterson
- Endicott’s Butler: Jester Hairston
- 1st Tough: Phil Adams
- 2nd Tough: Nikita Knatz
- Clerk: Sam Reese
- Ted Appleton (uncredited): Alan Oppenheimer
- Deputy (uncredited): Clegg Hoyt
Film Crew:
- Music Editor: Richard Carruth
- Casting: Lynn Stalmaster
- Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
- Production Supervisor: Allen K. Wood
- Gaffer: Don Stott
- Producer’s Assistant: Hal Ashby
- Director of Photography: Haskell Wexler
- Camera Operator: Ralph Gerling
- Script Supervisor: Meta Rebner
- Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant
- Vocals: Ray Charles
- Unit Production Manager: Howard Joslin
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Clem Portman
- Original Music Composer: Quincy Jones
- Director: Norman Jewison
- Assistant Editor: Byron ‘Buzz’ Brandt
- Makeup Artist: Del Armstrong
- Sound: Walter Goss
- Producer: Walter Mirisch
- Grip: Morris Rosen
- Title Graphics: Wayne Fitzgerald
- Novel: John Ball
- Gaffer: Ross A. Maehl
- Second Assistant Director: Newt Arnold
- First Assistant Director: Terry Morse Jr.
- Costume Design: Alan Levine
- Art Direction: Paul Groesse
- Songs: Alan Bergman
- Sound: Kevin F. Cleary
- Production Manager: Jim Henderling
- Stunts: John Moio
- Production Illustrator: Joseph Musso
- Sound: Charles Cooper
- Songs: Marilyn Bergman
- Props: Stephen R. Ferry
- Sound Editor: James A. Richards
- Title Designer: Murray Naidich
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