On screen
Cast
83 credited performers
Carroll O'Connor
Bill Gillespie
Alan Autry
Bubba Skinner
David Hart
Parker Williams
Hugh O'Connor
Lonnie Jamison
Howard Rollins
Virgil Tibbs
Anne-Marie Johnson
Althea Tibbs
Geoffrey Thorne
Wilson Sweet
Crystal R. Fox
Luann Corbin
Denise Nicholas
Harriet DeLong
Carl Weathers
Hampton Forbes
Lois Nettleton
Joanne St. John
Afemo Omilami
Jimmy Dawes
Christian LeBlanc
Junior Abernathy
Burgess Meredith
Judge Cully
Franklin Cover
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Bruce Kirby
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Terry Hobbs
Laine Paxton / Boy #1
James Williamson
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Jennifer Bassey
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Kevin McCarthy
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Lisa Guerrero
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Larry Gelman
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Ronnie Claire Edwards
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Christina Pickles
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Temi Epstein
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Tippi Hedren
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James Best
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Katherine Cannon
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Robert Donner
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Rosemary Murphy
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Willie Gault
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RonReaco Lee
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Anne Meara
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Sherilyn Wolter
Councilwoman Roslyn Douglas
Edward Albert
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Jason Wingreen
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Doug Savant
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Robert Colbert
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Katherine Moffat
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Josh Lucas
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Mills Watson
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Mark Lenard
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Stocker Fontelieu
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Michael Edwards
Surveyor
Thedra Porter
Mary Bridges (as Reneé Porter)
Hunter von Leer
Keen Philbrick
Heather Binion
Cynthia
Will Bledsoe
Lester Sproles
Michael McClendon
Walt
Cynthia Windham
Council Member Walker
Steve Kanaly
Cowboy habersham
Mitchell Anderson
Bobby Skinner
Logan Ramsey
Attorney George Foley
Roberts Blossom
Dr. Harris Pendleton
Raymond Forchion
Wallace fannoy
John Diehl
John sevrance
Jerry Stiller
Rabbi Feldman
Earl Holliman
Dr. Lambert
Elizabeth Ashley
Maybelle Cheseboro
Sam Anderson
Drew Ward
Polly W. LePorte
Lindy
Melissa Young
Jessica Lund
Wallace Merck
E.H. 'Holley' Colmer
Dan Biggers
Dr. Frank Robb
Punky Leonard
Telephone Company Representative
Derek Pruitt
Kid #2
Johnta Austin
Kid #1
Linda Rozakis
Ward's Secretary
Thomas Merdis
Maybelle's Chauffeur
Dee Shaw
Dee Shepard
Harvey E. Lee Jr.
Ken Covey
Barbara Lee-Belmonte
Christine Surillo
LaRue Stanley
Large Lady
Amy Bush
Waitress
Joan Glover
Dora
Paige Trewhitt
Phone Lady #1
Joyce Forgoston
Phone Lady #2
Sharron Cain
Officer Brenda (uncredited)
C.C. Taylor
Officer Charlie Peake (uncredited)
Derek Smith
Eric Deavers
Robert Goulet
Eddie Larran
Gail Everett-Smith
Matilda Carson
John Saxon
Dalton Sykes