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The Organization is a 1971 DeLuxe Color American crime thriller film starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Don Medford. It was the last of the trilogy featuring the police detective Virgil Tibbs that had begun with In the Heat of the Night (1967), followed by They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Oct 19, 1971 · The Organization: Directed by Don Medford. With Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sheree North. In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.
- (2.2K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Don Medford
- 1971-10-19
The Organization (1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Organization. Roger Ebert November 23, 1971. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. We first met Virgil Tibbs in "In the Heat of the Night," when he was a cop from Philadelphia. In "They Call Me Mister Tibbs," he moved to San Francisco and had a really elaborate hilltop home.
When an executive and a night watchman are killed in a San Francisco office building, Lt. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is called in to investigate and discovers the watchman was actually killed ...
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- Don Medford
- PG-13
- Sidney Poitier
In the first movie, Philadelphia police Lt. Virgil Tibbs, stranded in a small Southern town, becomes involved in a suspenseful murder investigation that served as the pretext for an examination of racial tension and the possibility for tolerance and understanding.
A small group of ordinary citizens team up to topple over a drug ring called The Organization. They ask Lt. Virgil Tibbs to join, as they need his expertise. Tibbs is reluctant, as they are amateurs and, more importantly, have already committed several crimes in order to stop The Orgaization.
