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The Organization ()

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In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.
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Virgil Tibbs
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Valerie Tibbs
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Jack Pecora
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Mrs. Morgan
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Bob Alford
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Benjy
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Lt. Jessop
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William Martin
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Juan Mendoza
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Joe Peralez
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Stacy Baker
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George Morgan - Night Watchman
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Larry French
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Sgt. Chassman (as Dan Travanty)
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Dave Thomas (as Billy 'Green' Bush)
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Rudy (as Maxwell Gail Jr.)
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Chet
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Tony
John Lasell ...
Zach Mills
Lani Miyazaki ...
Annie Sekido
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Capt. Stacy
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Charlie Blossom
George Spell ...
Andy Tibbs
Wanda Spell ...
Ginny Tibbs
Richard C. Adams ...
Dan (as Richard Colin Adams)
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John Bishop
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Forensic Officer (uncredited)
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Andre - Drug Lord (uncredited)
Ganga Narayana Das ...
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
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Police Captain Grayson (uncredited)

Directed by

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Don Medford

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James R. Webb ... (written by)
 
John Ball ... (character)

Produced by

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Walter Mirisch ... producer

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Gil Mellé

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Joseph F. Biroc ... director of photography (as Joseph Biroc)

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Ferris Webster

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O. Nicholas Brown ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Lynn Stalmaster

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George B. Chan

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Marvin March

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Del Armstrong ... makeup artist
Elizabeth Searcy ... hairdresser

Production Management

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Clark L. Paylow ... production manager

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Jack N. Reddish ... first assistant director
Les Sheldon ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Sam Gordon ... property master
Howard Hester ... construction coordinator
James F. McGuire ... set designer (uncredited)
Ken Walker ... leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Milo B. Lory ... sound editor
Robert Martin ... sound
Richard Portman ... sound re-recordist
Don MacDougall ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

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Sass Bedig ... special effects
Norman O'Skeete ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Hal Needham ... stunts (uncredited)

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Sidney Ray Baldwin ... still photographer (uncredited)
Frank Leonetti ... gaffer (uncredited)
Matthew F. Leonetti ... camera operator (uncredited)
Larry Milton ... key grip (uncredited)
Charles Rosher Jr. ... camera operator (uncredited)
George Ryan ... best boy (uncredited)

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Angela Alexander ... costumer: ladies
Wesley Jeffries ... costumer: men (as Wes Jeffries)
John Lemons ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Location Management

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Wendell Baggett ... location auditor (uncredited)
Joseph M. O'Har ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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John Mick ... music editor
John Audino ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Martin J. Berman ... orchestra manager (uncredited)
Bobby Bruce ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Conte Candoli ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Gene Cipriano ... musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Bob Cooper ... musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Ronald Cooper ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Jay Daversa ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Chuck Domanico ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Gil Falco ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
James Getzoff ... musician: violin (uncredited)
John Guerin ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
William Hinshaw ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Paul Humphrey ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Anatol Kaminsky ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Raphael Kramer ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Arthur Maebe ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Don Menza ... musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Richard Perissi ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
George Roberts ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Bud Shank ... musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Mark Z. Stevens ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Tommy Vig ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
Jimmy Zito ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)

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Malcolm Atterbury Jr. ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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David Lesser ... transportation captain (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Elise Rohden ... production secretary (uncredited)
Roy D. Smith ... unit publicist (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a corporation's headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance. Though sympathetic to their cause, the straight-arrow Tibbs refuses to consider it because they broke the law, but when the group is then accused of a murder it didn't commit, Tibbs finally joins them in order to ferret out the identity of the real killer, while keeping his now rogue undercover investigation a secret from his SFPD superiors. Written by Marty McKee

Plot Keywords
Taglines The Toughest Cop Has The Guts To Take On "THE ORGANIZATION." See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'organisation (France)
  • El Inspector Tibbs contra la Organización (Spain)
  • Yoru no dai sôsa-sen/Kiri no sutorenjâ (Japan)
  • Організація (Ukraine)
  • Organisationen (Sweden)
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  • 106 min
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Trivia This was the third film starring Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs, following In the Heat of the Night (1967) and They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970). With this entry, Virgil Tibbs became one of the first, if not the first, cop movie series made in color to make it to part three (the Dirty Harry (1971) movies did not start until the same year that this film came out). See more »
Goofs Just before the time bomb explodes, an Asian woman runs past the same bus and bystander twice. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Green Fog (2017). See more »
Quotes [first lines]
Juan Mendoza: This time we're gonna drop you and I'm not fooling.
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