They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! - Wikipedia They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! `` Mr. Tibbs '' redirects here. For the fictional butler, see The BFG. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2015 ) They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! Theatrical release poster Directed by Gordon Douglas Produced by Herbert Hirschman Executive Producer Walter Mirisch Written by Alan Trustman Screenplay by Alan Trustman James R. Webb Starring Sidney Poitier Martin Landau Barbara McNair Music by Quincy Jones Cinematography Gerald Perry Finnerman Edited by Bud Molin Irving Rosenblum Production company Mirisch Productions Distributed by United Artists Release date July 8, 1970 ( 1970 - 07 - 08 ) Running time 108 min. Country United States Language English Box office $2,350,000 ( US / Canada rentals ) They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! is a 1970 DeLuxe Color film. The second installment in a trilogy, the release was preceded by In the Heat of the Night ( 1967 ) and followed by The Organization ( 1971 ). The movie title was taken from a line in the first film. Sidney Poitier reprised his role of police detective Virgil Tibbs, though in this sequel, Tibbs is working for the San Francisco Police rather than the Philadelphia Police ( as in the original film ) or the Pasadena Police ( as in the novels ). Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Plot Detective Virgil Tibbs ( Sidney Poitier ), now a lieutenant with the San Francisco police, is assigned to investigate the murder of a prostitute. A prime suspect is Rev. Logan Sharpe ( Martin Landau ), a liberal street preacher and political organizer, who insists to Tibbs that he was merely visiting the hooker in a professional capacity, advising her spiritually. Tibbs questions a janitor from the victim 's building, Mealie ( Juano Hernandez ), as well as another man, Woody Garfield ( Edward Asner ), who might have been the woman 's pimp. Suspicion falls on a man named Rice Weedon ( Anthony Zerbe ), who takes umbrage and is shot by Tibbs in self - defense. Tibbs concludes that Sharpe really must be the culprit. Sharpe confesses but requests Tibbs give him some time to complete his work on one last political issue. Told this would n't be possible, Sharpe takes his own life. Cast Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs Martin Landau as Logan Sharpe Barbara McNair as Valerie Tibbs Anthony Zerbe as Rice Weedon Edward Asner as Woody Garfield Jeff Corey as Captain Marden Norma Crane as Marge Garfield Juano Hernandez as Mealie Williamson David Sheiner as Lieutenant Kenner Beverly Todd as Puff Ted Gehring as Sergeant Deutsch Linda Towne as Joy Sturges Garry Walberg as Medical Examiner George Spell as Andy Tibbs Wanda Spell as Ginger Tibbs Production This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2015 ) Quincy Jones wrote the score, as he did with In the Heat of the Night, although the tone of the music in both is markedly different. The previous film, owing to its setting, had a country and bluesy sound, whereas his work for this film was in the funk milieu that would become Jones ' trademark in the early 1970s. The film 's title was taken from Virgil 's line in In the Heat of the Night. It was followed by a third film called The Organization ( 1971 ). The film was the last appearance of veteran actor Juano Hernández, who died in July 1970, a few days after the film premiered. Reception This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( September 2015 ) The film did not attract the same response as the series ' 1967 debut, In the Heat of the Night. The film has a 60 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of June 2009. See also List of American films of 1970 References Jump up ^ `` Big Rental Films of 1970 '', Variety, 6 January 1971 p 11 Jump up ^ Encyclopedia of the Sixties : A Decade of Culture and... Abbe A. Debolt, James S. Baugess - 2011 Page 311 `` Tibbs and Gillespie have moved from the racially charged scene in which Poitier utters the film 's iconic line `` They call me Mister Tibbs... the role of `` Mister Tibbs '' in They Call Me MISTER Tibbs ( 1970 ) and The Organization ( 1971 ), was not nominated. '' Jump up ^ I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History 2008 -- Page 313 `` We had done reasonably well with They Call Me MISTER Tibbs ! and we still had another option for a Virgil Tibbs picture with Sidney Poitier. '' Jump up ^ They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes External links They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! on IMDb They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! at AllMovie They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! at the TCM Movie Database They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! at the American Film Institute Catalog Virgil Tibbs Novel In the Heat of the Night by John Ball Films In the Heat of the Night They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! The Organization TV series In the Heat of the Night ( episodes ) Films directed by Gordon Douglas General Spanky ( 1936 ) Zenobia ( 1939 ) Saps at Sea ( 1940 ) Broadway Limited ( 1941 ) The Great Gildersleeve ( 1942 ) Gildersleeve 's Bad Day ( 1943 ) Gildersleeve on Broadway ( 1943 ) A Night of Adventure ( 1944 ) Gildersleeve 's Ghost ( 1944 ) Girl Rush ( 1944 ) The Falcon in Hollywood ( 1944 ) Zombies on Broadway ( 1945 ) First Yank into Tokyo ( 1945 ) Dick Tracy vs. Cueball ( 1946 ) San Quentin ( 1946 ) If You Knew Susie ( 1948 ) Walk a Crooked Mile ( 1948 ) Mr. Soft Touch ( 1949 ) The Nevadan ( 1950 ) Fortunes of Captain Blood ( 1950 ) Rogues of Sherwood Forest ( 1950 ) Between Midnight and Dawn ( 1950 ) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye ( 1950 ) The Great Missouri Raid ( 1951 ) Only the Valiant ( 1951 ) I Was a Communist for the FBI ( 1951 ) Come Fill the Cup ( 1951 ) Mara Maru ( 1952 ) The Iron Mistress ( 1952 ) She 's Back on Broadway ( 1953 ) The Charge at Feather River ( 1953 ) So This Is Love ( 1953 ) Them ! ( 1954 ) Young at Heart ( 1954 ) The McConnell Story ( 1955 ) Sincerely Yours ( 1955 ) Santiago ( 1956 ) The Big Land ( 1957 ) Bombers B - 52 ( 1957 ) Fort Dobbs ( 1958 ) The Fiend Who Walked the West ( 1958 ) Up Periscope ( 1959 ) Yellowstone Kelly ( 1959 ) The Sins of Rachel Cade ( 1961 ) Gold of the Seven Saints ( 1961 ) Claudelle Inglish ( 1961 ) Follow That Dream ( 1962 ) Call Me Bwana ( 1963 ) Robin and the 7 Hoods ( 1964 ) Rio Conchos ( 1964 ) Sylvia ( 1965 ) Harlow ( 1965 ) Stagecoach ( 1966 ) Way... Way Out ( 1966 ) In Like Flint ( 1967 ) Chuka ( 1967 ) Tony Rome ( 1967 ) The Detective ( 1968 ) Lady in Cement ( 1968 ) Skullduggery ( 1970 ) They Call Me Mister Tibbs ! ( 1970 ) Barquero ( 1970 ) Slaughter 's Big Rip - Off ( 1973 ) Nevada Smith ( 1975 ) Viva Knievel ! 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Question: the cast of they call me mr tibbs
Answer: Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs
Martin Landau as Logan Sharpe
Barbara McNair as Valerie Tibbs
Anthony Zerbe as Rice Weedon
Edward Asner as Woody Garfield
Jeff Corey as Captain Marden
Norma Crane as Marge Garfield
Juano Hernandez as Mealie Williamson
David Sheiner as Lieutenant Kenner
Beverly Todd as Puff
Ted Gehring as Sergeant Deutsch
Linda Towne as Joy Sturges
Garry Walberg as Medical Examiner
George Spell as Andy Tibbs
Wanda Spell as Ginger Tibbs