They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

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

Cast

Sidney Poitier

as Virgil Tibbs

Martin Landau

as Logan Sharpe

Barbara McNair

as Valerie Tibbs

Anthony Zerbe

as Rice Weedon

Ed Asner

as Woody Garfield

Jeff Corey

as Captain Marden

Norma Crane

as Marge Garfield

Juano Hernández

as Mealie Williamson

David Sheiner

as Lt. Herb Kenner

Beverly Todd

as Puff

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

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 t...

CinemaSerf

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. Ti...

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