Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Cast (31)
Rod Steiger
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney
Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James
Ralph
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
Quentin Dean
Delores Purdy
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
Matt Clark
Packy
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Arthur Malet
Ulam
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
Timothy Scott
Shagbag
William Watson
McNeil
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
Stuart Nisbet
Shuie
Khalil Bezaleel
Jess
Peter Masterson
Fryer
Phil Adams
1st Tough
Nikita Knatz
2nd Tough
Sam Reese
Clerk
Jack Teter
Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt
Deputy (uncredited)
Buzz Barton
Conductor (uncredited)
Crew (39)
John Ball
Novel
Norman Jewison
Director
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Hal Ashby
Editor
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Alan Levine
Costume Design
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Jim Henderling
Production Manager
Howard Joslin
Unit Production Manager
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Joseph Musso
Production Illustrator
Walter Goss
Sound
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kevin F. Cleary
Sound
Charles Cooper
Sound
John Moio
Stunts
Ralph Gerling
Camera Operator
Ross A. Maehl
Gaffer
Morris Rosen
Grip
Don Stott
Gaffer
Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
Assistant Editor
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Meta Rebner
Script Supervisor
Quincy Jones
Songs
Alan Bergman
Lyricist
Marilyn Bergman
Lyricist
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Stephen R. Ferry
Props
Ray Charles
Vocals
James A. Richards
Sound Editor
Murray Naidich
Title Designer
Terry Morse Jr.
First Assistant Director
Newt Arnold
Second Assistant Director
Hal Ashby
Producer's Assistant