San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs is called in to investigate when a liberal street preacher and political candidate is accused of murdering a prostitute. Tibbs is also battling ...

Sidney Poitier led the crime thriller that redefined Black heroes while telling a thrilling tale of power, corruption, and racism in a small town.

Sidney Poitier ... his role in "The Defiant Ones." His Tibbs character from "In the Heat of the Night" was immortalized in two sequels - "They Call Me Mister Tibbs!" in 1970 and "The Organization ...