This film is the
second film in a trilogy. The
first film was In the Heat of the Night of 1967 and the third was The Organization of 1971. Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs works for the San Francisco
Police Department. A prostitute
living in Nob Hill is murdered and a possible suspect is a liberal street preacher and
political candidate Rev. Logan Sharpe. A complication is that Rev. Sharpe is a close personal friend
of Tibbs. Tibbs has a
very difficult job and he’s also going through domestic problems. His wife is frustrated by his long
hours at work and their rebellious adolescent son. They also have a daughter but so far she doesn’t have the
problems they face with their son.
There are a lot
of twists and turns in the investigation and I wasn’t sure who committed the
murder? A lot of complicated
characters are involved!! I liked
the attitudes, cars, the clothing, hairstyles and the scenes of San Francisco
of this time period. 3*
(This movie is OK)
108
min, Crime directed by Gordon Douglas with Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau,
Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asner, Jeff Corey, Norma Crane, Juano
Hernandez, David Sheiner, Beverly Todd, Ted Gehring.
Note: Imdb 6.1 out of 10, 60% critic 38%
audience, Roger Ebert 2*, Amazon 4*
out of 5* with 77 reviews, TCM average user rating 2.6* out of 5*, TV Guide 2*
out of 4*, Letterboxd 2*, Blu-ray.com 3* out of 5*.
Special
Note: Filmed in Chinatown, Golden
Gate Bridge, Stockton Street Tunnel, Portsmouth Square, Union Square, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, California.
In this film, Ed Asner is young but it is one of the few movies where he
wears a full toupee. Also, this is
one of a few movies with the title in upper case letters. Quincy Jones wrote the score and the
script and he also wrote for the other two films. A soundtrack album was released on the United Artists label
in 1970.
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