In the Heat of the Night (1967) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Norman Jewison.

Cast

Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates as Deputy Sam Wood
Peter Whitney as Deputy Courtney
Lee Grant as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Anthony James as Ralph
William Schallert as Mayor Schubert
Scott Wilson as Harvey Oberst
Larry Gates as Eric Endicott
James Patterson as Mr. Purdy
Quentin Dean as Delores Purdy
Kermit Murdock as Henderson
Larry D. Mann as Watkins
Matt Clark as Packy
Beah Richards as Mama Caleba
Arthur Malet as Ulam
Fred Stewart as Dr. Stuart
Timothy Scott as Shagbag
William Watson as McNeil
Eldon Quick as Charles Hawthorne
Jester Hairston as Endicott's Butler
Stuart Nisbet as Shuie
Khalil Bezaleel as Jess
Peter Masterson as Fryer
Phil Adams as 1st Tough
Nikita Knatz as 2nd Tough
Sam Reese as Clerk
Jack Teter as Philip Colbert (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer as Ted Appleton (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt as Deputy (uncredited)
Buzz Barton as Conductor (uncredited)

Crew

Walter Mirisch — Producer
John Ball — Novel
Haskell Wexler — Director of Photography
Stirling Silliphant — Screenplay
Norman Jewison — Director
Quincy Jones — Original Music Composer

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