Cast
Sidney Poitier
Det. Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Crew
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Hal Ashby
Editor
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
John Ball
Novel
Norman Jewison
Director
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
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