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| Sidney Poitier | Virgil Tibbs |
| Rod Steiger | Bill Gillespie |
| Warren Oates | Sam Wood |
| Quentin Dean | Delores Purdy |
| James Patterson | Purdy, Delores' brother |
| William Schallert | Mayor Webb Schubert |
| Jack Teter | Philip Colbert (uncredited) |
| Lee Grant | Mrs. Leslie Colbert |
| Scott Wilson | Harvey Oberst |
| Matt Clark | Packy Harrison |
| Anthony James | Ralph Henshaw |
| Larry Gates | Eric Endicott |
| Kermit Murdock | H.E. Henderson |
| Khalil Bezaleel | Jess |
| Beah Richards | Mama Caleba |
| Peter Whitney | George Courtney |
| William Watson | Harold Courtney |
| Timothy Scott | ``Shagbag'' Martin |
| Alan Oppenheimer | Ted Appleton (uncredited) |
A black Philadelphia detective helps a white Mississippi sheriff solve a murder.
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