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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
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Theatrical Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing USA
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Release Date 1970
Studio The Mirisch Corporation
Distributor United Artists
MGM (DVD)
Main Cast
Character Actor
Police Lt. Virgil Tibbs Sidney Poitier
Logan Sharpe Martin Landau
Valerie Tibbs Barbara McNair
Rice Weedon Anthony Zerbe
Woody Garfield Edward Asner
Marge Garfield Norma Crane
Mealie Williamson Juano Hernandez
Captain Marden Jeff Corey


They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (sometimes stylized with "Mister" in all caps or underlined) is a 1970 crime drama directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Sidney Poitier as Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs, a detective of the San Francisco Police Department's homicide division. During the investigation of the murder of a call girl, Tibbs suspects his close friend, a liberal street preacher and political candidate Logan Sharpe (Martin Landau) which becomes a personal problem. The film is the second part of the trilogy about Virgil Tibbs, started by In the Heat of the Night (1967), and followed by The Organization. While the character of Tibbs originates in John Ball's novels, the plot of They Call Me Mister Tibbs! is original.


The following weapons were used in the film They Call Me Mister Tibbs!:


Revolvers

Smith and Wesson Model 36

Lt. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 36 revolver.

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Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special. First pattern with flat latch cylinder release.
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Lt. Tibbs draws his revolver during the arrest of a suspect. The 5-shot cylinder is seen.
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Tibbs holds his revolver.
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Tibbs holds the revolver during the shootout in the parking.
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The grip of Tibbs' revolver is seen better on a promotional image.

Smith & Wesson Model 32

What appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 32 is used by Rice Weedon (Anthony Zerbe) during the shootout in the parking complex.

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Smith & Wesson Model Terrier - .38 S&W
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Rice Weedon carries a snub nose revolver in shoulder holster. Strangely, he prefers to carry the gun with the barrel up.
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Weedon holds his revolver during the shootout. The gun is seen in distance but the shape of the front sight allows to identify it as a Model 32 rather than a Model 36.

Unidentified revolvers

Uniformed police officers carry holstered revolvers. They are seen very briefly.

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A highway patrol officer carries a revolver in holster. It may be one of Colt or a Smith & Wesson models, with the barrel length about 4 inch.

Unidentified pump action shotgun

In several scenes, pump action shotguns are seen inside police cars.

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The barrel of a shotgun is seen inside a highway patrol car.
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The barrel of a shotgun is seen inside a police car during the arrest of street rioters.