Sidney Poitier

Virgil Tibbs

Rod Steiger

Police Chief Bill Gillespie

Warren Oates

Deputy Sam Wood

Peter Whitney

Deputy Courtney

Lee Grant

Mrs. Leslie Colbert

Anthony James

Ralph

William Schallert

Mayor Schubert

Scott Wilson

Harvey Oberst

Larry Gates

Eric Endicott

James Patterson

Mr. Purdy

Quentin Dean

Delores Purdy

Kermit Murdock

Henderson

Larry D. Mann

Watkins

Matt Clark

Packy

Beah Richards

Mama Caleba

Arthur Malet

Ulam

Fred Stewart

Dr. Stuart

Timothy Scott

Shagbag

William Watson

McNeil

Eldon Quick

Charles Hawthorne

Jester Hairston

Endicott's Butler

Stuart Nisbet

Shuie

Khalil Bezaleel

Jess

Peter Masterson

Fryer

Phil Adams

1st Tough

Nikita Knatz

2nd Tough

Sam Reese

Clerk

Jack Teter

Philip Colbert (uncredited)

Alan Oppenheimer

Ted Appleton (uncredited)

Clegg Hoyt

Deputy (uncredited)

Buzz Barton

Conductor (uncredited)

Walter Mirisch

Producer

John Ball

Novel

Hal Ashby

Editor

Haskell Wexler

Director of Photography

Stirling Silliphant

Screenplay

Norman Jewison

Director

Quincy Jones

Original Music Composer

Lynn Stalmaster

Casting

Alan Levine

Costume Design

Del Armstrong

Makeup Artist

Robert Priestley

Set Decoration

Paul Groesse

Art Direction

Jim Henderling

Production Manager

Clem Portman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Howard Joslin

Unit Production Manager

Kevin F. Cleary

Sound

Joseph Musso

Production Illustrator

Allen K. Wood

Production Supervisor

Morris Rosen

Grip

Ross A. Maehl

Gaffer

Charles Cooper

Sound

John Moio

Stunts

Byron 'Buzz' Brandt

Assistant Editor

Meta Rebner

Script Supervisor

Walter Goss

Sound

Don Stott

Gaffer

Richard Carruth

Music Editor

Ralph Gerling

Camera Operator

Alan Bergman

Lyricist

Quincy Jones

Songs

Marilyn Bergman

Lyricist

Wayne Fitzgerald

Title Designer

Stephen R. Ferry

Props

Ray Charles

Vocals

Newt Arnold

Second Assistant Director

Hal Ashby

Producer's Assistant

Terry Morse Jr.

First Assistant Director

James A. Richards

Sound Editor

Murray Naidich

Title Designer