Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Martin Landau
Logan Sharpe
Barbara McNair
Valerie Tibbs
Anthony Zerbe
Rice Weedon
- Ed Asner — Woody Garfield
- Jeff Corey — Captain Marden
- Norma Crane — Marge Garfield
- Juano Hernández — Mealie Williamson
- David Sheiner — Lt. Herb Kenner
- Beverly Todd — Puff
- Ted Gehring — Inspector Deutsch
- Linda Towne — Joy Sturges
- Garry Walberg — Medical Examiner
- George Spell — Andy Tibbs
- Wanda Spell — Ginger Tibbs
- Directed
- Gordon Douglas
- Written
- Alan Trustman, James R. Webb
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 106 ratings
- Studio
- The Mirisch Company, United Artists
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1967In the Heat of the Night
Where it starts.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · You’re here
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
