The Organization (1971)

PG-13   |    |  Action, Crime, Drama

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In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.

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Director:

Don Medford

Writers:

James R. Webb, John Ball (character)
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1 nomination.

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12 October 2019 | ksf-2
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| the awesome sidney poitier does it again
Part three of the Mister Tibbs detective chapters. Sidney Poitier in another who-dunnit, this time in san francisco. which was also the setting for his "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" ! After a huge heroin robbery, Tibbs is brought in to figure out what's going on. Graham Jarvis is the employee "Martin". he was awesome in New Leaf and What's Up Doc ? Max Gail (Barney Miller) is in here as Rudy. keep an eye out for Daniel Travanti from "Hill Street Blues." and from The Rookies, Gerald O'Loughlin. those actors will be in all kinds of cop shows. Tibbs isn't sure who to trust, so he starts keeping secrets from his own boss, and from Narcotics, when they get involved. of course, that makes it look like HE was the guilty party. it's all pretty well done. quite rare, that a third chapter could be so good. Directed by Don Medford. he did mostly television after this one. Not bad.

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This was the third film starring Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs, following In the Heat of the Night (1967) and They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970). With this entry, the Virgil Tibbs franchise became one of the first, if not the first, cop movie series made in color to make it to part three (the Dirty Harry (1971) movies did not start until the same year that this film came out).

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Juan Mendoza: This time we're gonna drop you and I'm not fooling.

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Just before the time bomb explodes, an Asian woman runs past the same bus and bystander twice.

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Genres

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Release Date:

19 October 1971

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

529 Broadway, San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$1,501,277

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