They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

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Sidney Poitier is seldom praised as a pioneer of blaxploitation, but that's what he is in They Call Me Mister Tibbs. This sequel's title is cribbed from its groundbreaking predecessor, In the Heat of the Night, but similarities end there, since this engaging murder mystery owes more to "blaxpo" and the urban police procedurals that dominated film and TV in the early 1970s. Poitier's got plenty of proto-funk charisma (and a Quincy Jones groove) as San Francisco detective Virgil Tibbs, dominating his Caucasian colleagues with quiet fortitude and sure-fire instincts. His latest case is rife with likely suspects, including a Bible-thumping reformer (Martin Landau) and a sleazy landlord (Anthony Zerbe). It's a routine plot by latter-day standards, but director Gordon Douglas enlivens it with solid character details: Poitier's scenes with his defiant young son (George Spell) are genuinely moving, and performances are uniformly superb. Poitier did another sequel, The Organization (1971), ending his Tibbs trilogy on a high note of success. --Jeff Shannon

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Sidney Poitier is seldom praised as a pioneer of blaxploitation, but that's what he is in They Call Me Mister Tibbs. This sequel's title is cribbed from its groundbreaking predecessor, In the Heat of the Night, but similarities end there, since this engaging murder mystery owes more to "blaxpo" and the urban police procedurals that dominated film and TV in the early 1970s. Poitier's got plenty of proto-funk charisma (and a Quincy Jones groove) as San Francisco detective Virgil Tibbs, dominating his Caucasian colleagues with quiet fortitude and sure-fire instincts. His latest case is rife with likely suspects, including a Bible-thumping reformer (Martin Landau) and a sleazy landlord (Anthony Zerbe). It's a routine plot by latter-day standards, but director Gordon Douglas enlivens it with solid character details: Poitier's scenes with his defiant young son (George Spell) are genuinely moving, and performances are uniformly superb. Poitier did another sequel, The Organization (1971), ending his Tibbs trilogy on a high note of success. --Jeff Shannon

Amazon.com: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!: Gordon Douglas: Amazon ... Synopsis: In this first sequel to In The Heat Of The Night, homicid detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) (Now married and living in San Francisco) investigates the ... They Call Me Mister Tibbs - YouTube Uploaded by steadyrollin on Jun 13, 2008 Black Cinema trailers Category: Entertainment License: Standard YouTube License. 158 likes, 3 dislikes. Amazon.com: They Call Me Mister Tibbs: Movies & TV Sidney Poitier is seldom praised as a pioneer of blaxploitation, but that's what he is in They Call Me Mister Tibbs . This sequel's title is cribbed from its ... They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Synopsis - Plot Summary - Fandango.com Sidney Poitier reprises his role as Virgil Tibbs in this crime drama, a story unrelated to that of the earlier film In the Heat of the Night. Once again, he is a ... They Call Me Mister Tibbs - Rotten Tomatoes Review: Sidney Poitier reprises his role as Virgil Tibbs in this crime drama, a story unrelated to that of the earlier film In the Heat of the Night. Once... They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) With Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair. San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs is called in to investigate when a liberal street preacher ... They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) - IMDb Director: Gordon Douglas. Actors: Sidney Poitier: Virgil Tibbs Martin Landau: Logan Sharpe Barbara McNair: Valerie Tibbs Anthony Zerbe: Rice Weedon Edward ... They Call Me Mr. Tibbs Netflix They Call Me Mr. Tibbs - This sequel to In the Heat of the Night finds detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) and his family living in San Francisco. Tibbs becomes ... They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! is a 1970 film, a sequel to In the Heat of the Night. Sidney Poitier reprised his role of police detective Virgil Tibbs, though in this ... They Call Me Mr. Tibbs Scene from In the Heat of the Night Movie ... Watch "They Call Me Mr. Tibbs" scene from In the Heat of the Night movie (1967). Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) defends himself against a racist Gillespie (Rod Steiger) while ...