- Sidney Poitier as Detective Virgil Tibbs
- Rod Steiger as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
- Warren Oates as Officer Sam Wood
- Lee Grant as Mrs. Colbert
- Larry Gates as Mr. Endicott
- James Patterson as Mr. Purdy
- William Schallert as Mayor Schubert
- Beah Richards as Mama Caleba
- Peter Whitney as Courtney
- Kermit Murdock as Henderson
- Larry D. Mann as Watkins
- Matt Clark as Packy
- Arthur Malet as Ulam
- Fred Stewart as Dr. Stuart
- Quentin Dean as Delores
- Scott Wilson as Harvey Oberst
- Timothy Scott as Shagbag
- William C. Watson as McNeil
- Eldon Quick as Charles Hawthorne
- Stuart Nisbet as Shuie
- Khalil Bezaleel as Jess
- Peter Masterson as Fryer
- Jester Hairston as butler
- Phil Adams as 1st tough
- Nikita Knatz as 2nd tough
- Sam Reese as clerk
- Anthony James as Ralph
- Uncredited
- Alan Oppenheimer as Ted Appleton
- Buzz Barton as train conductor
- Clegg Hoyt as sheriff's deputy
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