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