== Rollebesætning ==
{| class="wikitable"
|[[Sidney Poitier]]  
|Virgil Tibbs
|-
|[[Rod Steiger]]
|Politichef Bill Gillespie
|-
|[[Warren Oates]]
|Sam Wood
|-
|[[Lee Grant]]
|Mrs Leslie Colbert
|-
|[[Larry Gates]]
|Eric Endicott
|-
|[[James Pattersona]]
|Lloyd Purdy
|-
|[[William Schallert]]
|Webb Schubert
|-
|[[Beah Richards]]
|Mama Caleba
|-
|[[Peter Whitney]]
|George Courtney
|-
|[[Kermit Murdock]]
|H.E. Henderson
|-
|[[Larry D. Mann]]
|Watkins
|-
|[[Matt Clark]]
|Packy Harrison
|-
|[[Arthur Malet]]
|Ted Ulam
|-
|[[Fred Stewart]]
|Dr Stuart
|-
|[[Quentin Dean]]
|Delores Purdy
|-
|[[Scott Wilson]]  
|Harvey Oberst
|}
Kunst Film