They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

Genre : DramaActionThrillerCrimeMystery

Runtime : 108 mins

Release Date : 1970-07-10

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Wait... he's in Frisco now? How did that happen and where did his family come from and... you know what, forget about it, I'm pretty sure that this was a completely different movie and they just changed the character to Tibbs to ride on the coat tails of In the Heat of the Night... ... because ...

If this were to be taken out of the context of a sequel to "In the Heat of the Night" then it might have made for a decent enough American cop drama. However, Sidney Poitier's attempt to reprise his character from that earlier film rather falls flat. An expensive hooker is found murdered and "Mr. T...

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

(Virgil Tibbs)

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

(Logan Sharpe)

Barbara McNair

Barbara McNair

(Valerie Tibbs)

Anthony Zerbe

Anthony Zerbe

(Rice Weedon)

Ed Asner

Ed Asner

(Woody Garfield)

Jeff Corey

Jeff Corey

(Captain Marden)

Norma Crane

Norma Crane

(Marge Garfield)

Juano Hernández

Juano Hernández

(Mealie Williamson)

David Sheiner

David Sheiner

(Lt. Herb Kenner)

Beverly Todd

Beverly Todd

(Puff)

Ted Gehring

Ted Gehring

(Inspector Deutsch)

Linda Towne

(Joy Sturges)

Garry Walberg

Garry Walberg

(Medical Examiner)

George Spell

George Spell

(Andy Tibbs)

Wanda Spell

(Ginger Tibbs)

John Hillerman

John Hillerman

(Reporter (uncredited))

Hilly Hicks

Hilly Hicks

(Freddie (uncredited))

John Alvin

John Alvin

(Reporter (uncredited))

Ted Christy

(Pool Hall Patron (uncredited))

Vic Christy

(Pool Hall Patron (uncredited))

Michael L. Davis

(Police Sergeant at Campaign HQ (uncredited))

Dick Dial

(Carson (uncredited))

Mickey Golden

(Pool Player (uncredited))

Don Hanmer

Don Hanmer

(Pusher (uncredited))

Carol Henry

Carol Henry

(Pool Hall Patron (uncredited))

Henry Leff

(Reporter (uncredited))

Martin Strader

(Pool Hall Patron (uncredited))

Kevin G. Tracey

(Pool Hall Patron (uncredited))

Erick Vinther

(Cameraman (uncredited))

Al White

Al White

(Spectator Outside Church (uncredited))

Ted White

Ted White

(Hood at Pool Hall (uncredited))

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