In The Heat of the Night (1967) - Cast

Sidney Poitier as Detective Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger as Sparta Chief of Police Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates as Officer Sam Wood
Lee Grant as Mrs. Philip Colbert
Larry Gates as Eric Endicott
James Patterson as Mr. Purdy, Delores' Brother
William Schallert as Mayor Schubert, Owner Sparta Equipment Co.
Beah Richards as Mama Caleba aka Mrs. Bellamy
Peter Whitney as Officer George Courtney, Sparta PD
Kermit Murdock as H.E. Henderson, Banker
Larry D. Mann as Watkins
Matt Clark as Packy
Arthur Malet as Ted Ulam, Mortician
Fred Stewart as Dr. Stuart
Quentin Dean as Delores