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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)Cast and Crew

Movie"The last time Virgil Tibbs had a day like this was "In the Heat of the Night""

Cast

S
Sidney Poitier
as Virgil Tibbs
M
Martin Landau
as Logan Sharpe
B
Barbara McNair
as Valerie Tibbs
A
Anthony Zerbe
as Rice Weedon
E
Ed Asner
as Woody Garfield
J
Jeff Corey
as Captain Marden
N
Norma Crane
as Marge Garfield
J
Juano Hernández
as Mealie Williamson
D
David Sheiner
as Lt. Herb Kenner
B
Beverly Todd
as Puff
T
Ted Gehring
as Inspector Deutsch
L
Linda Towne
as Joy Sturges
G
Garry Walberg
as Medical Examiner
G
George Spell
as Andy Tibbs
W
Wanda Spell
as Ginger Tibbs
J
John Hillerman
H
Hilly Hicks

Crew

G
Gordon Douglas
Director
Q
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
J
John Ball
Characters
J
James R. Webb
Screenplay
B
Bud Molin
Editor
G
Gerald Perry Finnerman
Director of Photography
A
Alan Trustman
Screenplay
H
Herbert Hirschman
Producer
L
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
W
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
E
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
A
Addison Hehr
Art Direction
B
Bob Herron
Stunts

Virgil Tibbs Trilogy

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier. The film was followed by two sequels also starring Poitier, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and The Organization (1971). It was also the basis of a 1988 television series adaptation of the same name.