San Francisco police lieutenant Virgil Tibbs (Poitier) is on his way home to his wife, Valerie (McNair), and his two children, who call to inform him of a girl's murder and that Father Logan Sharp (Lenda), a local priest and minority rights activist, has been seen leaving the girl's house. Under interrogation, Sharp says he only visited the apartment because the girl was one of his students. "Tibbs" and his colleague, "Kener" (Shiner) in the subsequent investigation, reach other suspects who...
San Francisco police lieutenant Virgil Tibbs (Poitier) is on his way home to his wife, Valerie (McNair), and his two children, who call to inform him of a girl's murder and that Father Logan Sharp (Lenda), a local priest and minority rights activist, has been seen leaving the girl's house. Under interrogation, Sharp says he only visited the apartment because the girl was one of his students. "Tibbs" and his colleague, "Kener" (Shiner) in the subsequent investigation, reach other suspects who...
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