---
title: 'The Organization (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Don Medford'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-organization-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067535/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Organization (1971)

1971 · PG-13 · 106 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Organization is a 1971 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! (1970). In The Organization, Tibbs is called in to hunt down a gang of urban revolutionaries, suspected of a series of crimes. The screenplay was penned by James R. Webb, and the film co-stars Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Laughlin, Sheree North and Raul Julia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Don Medford](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-medford)
- **Screenplay:** [James R. Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-r-webb), [John Ball](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ball)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gil Mellé](https://cinepixo.com/people/gil-melle)
- **Producer:** [Walter Mirisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-mirisch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph F. Biroc](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-f-biroc)
- **Editor:** [Ferris Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferris-webster)

## Cast

- [Allen Garfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-garfield)
- [Barbara McNair](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-mcnair)
- [Ron O'Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-o-neal)
- [John Alvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alvin)
- [Sheree North](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheree-north)
- [Paul Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-jenkins-2)
- [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier) as Virgil Tibbs
- [Raul Julia](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-julia)
- [Demond Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/demond-wilson)
- [Bernie Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernie-hamilton)
- [Garry Walberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-walberg)

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