Onder andere met: Sidney Poitier (Det. Virgil Tibbs), Rod Steiger (Police Chief Bill Gillespie), Warren Oates (Off. Sam Wood), Lee Grant (Mrs. Leslie Colbert), Larry Gates (Eric Endicott), James Patterson (Purdy (Delores` brother)), William Schallert (Mayor Webb Schubert), Beah Richards (Mama Caleba, aka Mrs. Bellamy), Peter Whitney (Off. George Courtney), Kermit Murdock (H.E. Henderson (banker)), Larry D. Mann (Watkins), Matt Clark (Packy Harrison (pool hall operator)), Arthur Malet (Ted Ulam (mortician)), Fred Stewart (Dr. Stuart), Quentin Dean (Delores Purdy)