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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Movie
1970
1h 48m
R
English
Drama, Action, Thriller
User Score: 
6.1
Critic Score: 
55
They Call Me Mister Tibbs' Poster
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs Poster

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

R
Movie
1970
1h 48m
English
Drama, Action, Thriller
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
Rating
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6.1
IMDB
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
55

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Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Martin Landau
Logan Sharpe
Barbara McNair
Valerie Tibbs
Anthony Zerbe
Rice Weedon
Ed Asner
Woody Garfield
Jeff Corey
Captain Marden
Norma Crane
Marge Garfield
Juano Hernndez
Mealie Williamson
David Sheiner
Lt. Herb Kenner
Ted Gehring
Inspector Deutsch
Linda Towne
Joy Sturges
Garry Walberg
Medical Examiner
George Spell
Andy Tibbs
Wanda Spell
Ginger Tibbs
Directed By: Gordon Douglas
Written By: James R. Webb (Screenplay), Alan Trustman (Screenplay)

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kaymon says...
one year ago
If this movie wasn’t standing in the shadow of In the Heat of the Night, it would be a perfectly fine neo noir just as the genre reached an apex. As it is, it’s difficult to put a character who was at the center of such an important film in a wack-a-doo drug/pimp crime story that never even tries for a second to contain any amount of mystery for the viewer. Not to mention all the weird shit between Tibbs and his son? Ultimately, a confounding film.
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hirkiti says...
2 years ago
In the Heat if the Night is one of my favorite films. Unfortunately this sequel is unwatchable. If you’re like me you’ll have to try it anyway just in case…
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
If this were to be taken out of the context of a sequel to "In the Heat of the Night" then it might have made for a decent enough American cop drama. However, Sidney Poitier's attempt to reprise his character from that earlier film rather falls flat. An expensive hooker is found murdered and "Mr. Ti More
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GenerationofSwine
2 years ago
Wait... he's in Frisco now? How did that happen and where did his family come from and... you know what, forget about it, I'm pretty sure that this was a completely different movie and they just changed the character to Tibbs to ride on the coat tails of In the Heat of the Night...

... because t More
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