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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