African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
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Writing | John Ball | Novel |
Writing | Stirling Silliphant | Screenplay |
Camera | Haskell Wexler | Director of Photography |
Directing | Norman Jewison | Director |
Production | Walter Mirisch | Producer |
Editing | Hal Ashby | Editor |
Sound | Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
Production | Jim Henderling | Production Manager |
Art | Paul Groesse | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Alan Levine | Costume Design |
Art | Robert Priestley | Set Decoration |
Sound | Kevin F. Cleary | Sound |
Lighting | Ross A. Maehl | Gaffer |
Directing | Meta Rebner | Script Supervisor |
Art | Joseph Musso | Production Illustrator |
Camera | Morris Rosen | Grip |
Sound | Richard Carruth | Music Editor |
Camera | Ralph Gerling | Camera Operator |
Lighting | Don Stott | Gaffer |
Production | Allen K. Wood | Production Supervisor |
Sound | Walter Goss | Sound |
Sound | Clem Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Crew | John Moio | Stunts |
Sound | Charles Cooper | Sound |
Production | Howard Joslin | Unit Production Manager |
Editing | Byron 'Buzz' Brandt | Assistant Editor |
Art | Stephen R. Ferry | Props |
Sound | Ray Charles | Vocals |
Sound | James A. Richards | Sound Editor |
Directing | Terry Morse Jr. | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Newt Arnold | Second Assistant Director |
Art | Murray Naidich | Title Designer |
Production | Hal Ashby | Producer's Assistant |
Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
Sound | Quincy Jones | Songs |
Writing | Alan Bergman | Lyricist |
Writing | Marilyn Bergman | Lyricist |