Sidney Poitier

as Virgil Tibbs

Martin Landau

as Logan Sharpe

Barbara McNair

as Valerie Tibbs

Anthony Zerbe

as Rice Weedon

Ed Asner

as Woody Garfield

Jeff Corey

as Captain Marden

Norma Crane

as Marge Garfield

Juano Hernández

as Mealie Williamson

David Sheiner

as Lt. Herb Kenner

Gordon Douglas

Director