- Mild
- The car chase and brief fight in the depot is intense.
- Lots of racial tension
- Toward the end, some elements of the plot deal with abortion. Although the topic is only discussed, these conversations could be sensitive to some viewers.
- The climactic scene has Det. Tibbs confronting the murderer outdoors at night, only to suddenly face a group of toughs obviously intent on harming him. However, Tibbs is able to provide the evidence of the murderer's actions and they turn on the murderer. One person is killed by a gunshot, another wounded.