Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
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)
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Joseph Musso
Production Illustrator
Stephen R. Ferry
Props
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Murray Naidich
Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald
Ralph Gerling
Camera Operator
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Morris Rosen
Grip
Alan Levine
Costume Design
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
John Moio
Stunts
Norman Jewison
Director
Terry Morse Jr.
First Assistant Director
Meta Rebner
Script Supervisor
Newt Arnold
Second Assistant Director
Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
Assistant Editor
Hal Ashby
Editor
Don Stott
Gaffer
Ross A. Maehl
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Producer's Assistant
Jim Henderling
Production Manager
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Howard Joslin
Unit Production Manager
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer, Songs
Charles Cooper
Sound
Kevin F. Cleary
Walter Goss
James A. Richards
Sound Editor
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ray Charles
Vocals
Alan Bergman
Lyricist
Marilyn Bergman
John Ball
Novel
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
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