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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Name: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Genre: Drama,Other
Released: 1970
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Ed Asner, Barbara McNair, Martin Landau, Ed Asner

1970 Drama | Other

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Homicide detective Virgil Tibbs steps in to help his friend, a preacher and political activist who is wrongly accused of murdering a prostitute in San Francisco, and goes in search of the real killer. Police drama sequel, with Sidney Poitier reprising his role from In the Heat of the Night, alongside Martin Landau, Barbara McNair and Anthony Zerbe

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Director

Gordon Douglas

Actors

Sidney Poitier

Ed Asner

Barbara McNair

Martin Landau

Ed Asner

Anthony Zerbe

Part of: Virgil Tibbs Trilogy

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier. The film was followed by two sequels also starring Poitier, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and The Organization (1971). It was also the basis of a 1988 television series adaptation of the same name.