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Thriller
Crime
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A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
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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
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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 this movie stank. It's pretty much a mindless exploitation cop flick with the lead character, in name only, from a gripping and dramatic mystery rife with social commentary.
Walk away, walk away fast and if you ever get a time machine, go back and beg Sydney not to make this.
GenerationofSwine11 Jan, 2023
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