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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Stirling Silliphant
- screenplay
- John Ball
- based on a novel by
Cast
- Sidney Poitier
- Det. Virgil Tibbs
- Rod Steiger
- Chief Bill Gillespie
- Warren Oates
- Officer Sam Wood
- Lee Grant
- Mrs. Colbert
- Larry Gates
- Eric Endicott
- James Patterson
- Mr. Purdy
- William Schallert
- Mayor Schubert
- Beah Richards
- Mama Caleba
- Peter Whitney
- Courtney
- Kermit Murdock
- Henderson
- Larry D. Mann
- Watkins
- Matt Clark
- Packy Harrison
- Arthur Malet
- Ulam
- Fred Stewart
- Dr. Stuart
- Quentin Dean
- Delores Purdy
- Scott Wilson
- Harvey Oberst
- Timothy Scott
- Shagbag
- William Watson
- McNeil
- Eldon Quick
- Charles Hawthorne
- Stuart Nisbet
- Shuie
- Khalil Bezaleel
- Jess
- Peter Masterson
- Fryer
- Jester Hairston
- Endicott's Butler
- Phil Adams
- 1st Tough
- Nikita Knatz
- 2nd Tough
- Sam Reese
- Clerk
- Anthony James
- Ralph
- Buzz Barton
- Conductor
- Phil Garris
- Engineer
- Clegg Hoyt
- Deputy
- Warren Kenner
- Undetermined Role
- Michael LeGlaire
- City Councilman
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Ted Appleton
- David Stinehart
- Baggage Master
- Jack Teter
- Philip Colbert - Murder Victim
- Jazan Winona Wallace
- Viola
Produced By
- Walter Mirisch
- producer
Music
Cinematography
- Haskell Wexler
- director of photography
Sound
- Walter Goss
- sound
- Clem Portman
- rerecordist
- James Richard
- sound editor
- Kevin F. Cleary
- sound
- Charles Cooper
- sound
Editing
- Hal Ashby
- film editor
Casting Director
Art Direction
Set Design
Makeup
- Del Armstrong
- makeup
Assistant Director
- Newt Arnold
- second assistant director
- Terry Morse Jr.
- first assistant director
Production Management
- Jim Henderling
- production manager
- Howard Joslin
- unit production manager
- Allen K. Wood
- production supervisor
Art Department
- Stephen R. Ferry
- property
- Ray Aragon
- storyboard artist
- Joseph Musso
- production illustrator
Stunts
- Phil Adams
- stunts
- John Moio
- stunts
Editorial
- Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
- assistant film editor
- Sheri Eisenberg
- theatrical mastering colorist
Other
- Hal Ashby
- assistant to the producer
- Murray Naidich
- titles
- Wayne Fitzgerald
- title designer
Music Department
- Alan Bergman
- song lyrics
- Marilyn Bergman
- lyrics by
- Richard Carruth
- music editor
- Ray Brown
- musician: bass
- Glen Campbell
- musician: banjo
- Don Elliott
- performer: vocal percussion
- Quincy Jones
- conductor / orchestrator / score arranger
- Carol Kaye
- musician: electric bass
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- musician: flute
- Mike Post
- musician: guitar
- Billy Preston
- musician: organ
- Bobby Scott
- musician: tack piano
- Toots Thielemans
- musician: harmonica
Costume Department
- Alan Levine
- costumer: men
Camera Department
- Ralph Gerling
- camera operator
- Larry Gianneschi III
- assistant camera
- Ross A. Maehl
- gaffer
- Morris Rosen
- key grip
- Don Stott
- gaffer
Script Department
- Meta Rebner
- script supervisor
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