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

Harry Dean Stanton

Police Officer

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

Sammy Reese

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)

Norman Jewison

Director

Meta Rebner

Script Supervisor

Newt Arnold

Second Assistant Director

Terry Morse Jr.

First Assistant Director

Stirling Silliphant

Guión, Guión Adaptado

John Ball

Novela

Alan Bergman

Lyricist

Marilyn Bergman

Lyricist

Haskell Wexler

Director de Fotografía

Ralph Gerling

Camera Operator

Morris Rosen

Grip

Quincy Jones

Compositor de la Música Original, Songs

James A. Richards

Sound Editor

Richard Carruth

Music Editor

Clem Portman

Mezclador de Re-Grabación de Sonido

Walter Goss

Sound

Kevin F. Cleary

Sound

Charles Cooper

Sound

Ray Charles

Vocals

Walter Mirisch

Productor

The Mirisch Corporation

Compañía de Produccion

United Artists

Compañía de Produccion

Lynn Stalmaster

Casting

Jim Henderling

Production Manager

Howard Joslin

Unidad de Producción

Allen K. Wood

Supervisor de Producción

Hal Ashby

Producer's Assistant

Del Armstrong

Maquilladora

Alan Levine

Diseño de Vestuario

Hal Ashby

Editor

Byron 'Buzz' Brandt

Assistant Editor

Paul Groesse

Dirección Artística

Robert Priestley

Decorados

Joseph Musso

Production Illustrator

Wayne Fitzgerald

Title Designer

Murray Naidich

Title Designer

Stephen R. Ferry

Props

John Moio

Dobles

Don Stott

Gaffer

Ross A. Maehl

Gaffer