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 ...
It stars Sidney Poitier. The film was followed by two sequels also starring Poitier, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and The Organization (1971). It was also the basis of a 1988 television ...
filmgoers had already enjoyed the trailblazing They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! the year before, followed by Sweet Sweetback’s Badaasssss Song. Then came Shaft. The MGM film starred Richard Roundtree ...
It stars Sidney Poitier. The film was followed by two sequels also starring Poitier, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and The Organization (1971). It was also the basis of a 1988 television ...
Of any film in Poitier’s historic filmography ... reprising the character in the sequels They Call Me Mister Tibbs! in 1970 and The Organization in 1971. Both films played more as straight ...