Norman Jewison
réalisateur
Stirling Silliphant
scénariste
Sidney Poitier
Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger
Bill Gillespie
Warren Oates
Sam Wood
Lee Grant
Leslie Colbert
Larry Gates
Eric Endicott
James Patterson
Mr. Purdy
William Schallert
Mayor Schubert
Beah Richards
Mama Caleba
Peter Whitney
Courtney
Kermit Murdock
Henderson
Larry D. Mann
Watkins
Matt Clark
Packy
Arthur Malet
Ulam
Fred Stewart
Dr. Stuart
Quentin Dean
Delores
Scott Wilson
Harvey Oberst
Anthony James
Ralph
Timothy Scott
Shagbag
William Watson
McNeil
Eldon Quick
Charles Hawthorne
Stuart Nisbet
Shuie
Khalil Bezaleel
Jess
Peter Masterson
Fryer
Jester Hairston
Endicott's Butler
Phil Adams
1st Tough
Nikita Knatz
2nd Tough
Sam Reese
Clerk
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Appleton (non-crédité)
Clegg Hoyt
Deputy (non-crédité)