Synopsis
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
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.
Cast
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
Trailer
Official Trailer · YouTube