Cast & Crew
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Sidney PoitierDet. Virgil Tibbs - Rod SteigerPolice Chief Bill Gillespie
- Warren OatesOff. Sam Wood
- Quentin DeanDelores Purdy
- James PattersonPurdy, Delores' brother
- William SchallertMayor Webb Schubert
- Lee GrantMrs. Leslie Colbert
- Scott WilsonHarvey Oberst
- Matt ClarkPacky Harrison
- Anthony JamesRalph Henshaw
- Larry GatesEric Endicott
- Kermit MurdockH.E. Henderson
- Khalil BezaleelJess
- Beah RichardsMama Caleba
- Peter WhitneyGeorge Courtney
- William WatsonMcNeil
- Timothy Scott"Shagbag" Martin
- Jack TeterPhilip Colbert (uncredited)
- Alan OppenheimerTed Appleton (uncredited)
- Norman JewisonDirector
- Walter MirischProducer
- Stirling SilliphantWriter
- Quincy JonesMusic