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The Organization

Play trailer Poster for The Organization PG-13,  1971,  1h 47m,  Action/ Crime/ Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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When an executive and a night watchman are killed in a San Francisco office building, Lt. Virgil Tibbs is called in to investigate and discovers the watchman was actually killed elsewhere. Soon Tibbs is contacted by urban revolutionaries who confess to kidnapping -- but not killing -- the watchman in a botched attempt to expose a heroin ring operating out of the building. Tibbs believes them, but when his superiors learn of his ties to the group, he's suspended from the force.
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A.H. Weiler New York Times May 9, 2005
The Organization can be rough on super-city sleuths as well as movie-goers who've been through much the same melodramatics before. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Oct 23, 2004
2/4
There's a bit of shooting, a few identities are untangled, and the movie comes to an unmourned end. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Aug 12, 2022
Without Heat’svivid racial conflict, these movies try to drag in different forms of “social relevance” (including Tibb’s dull domestic problems), but in such a wishy-washy fashion that they don’t really say anything about those issues. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 30, 2022
2/4
A dreary endeavor. Go to Full Review
Sharon Scott New Pittsburgh Courier Dec 13, 2021
I, for one, cannot say exactly what is going on in the film. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Oct 21, 2005
3/5
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Cast & Crew

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Don Medford

Director

Sidney Poitier

Virgil Tibbs

Barbara McNair

Valerie Tibbs

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Jack Pecora

Sheree North

Mrs. Morgan

Fred Beir

Bob Alford

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Synopsis When an executive and a night watchman are killed in a San Francisco office building, Lt. Virgil Tibbs is called in to investigate and discovers the watchman was actually killed elsewhere. Soon Tibbs is contacted by urban revolutionaries who confess to kidnapping -- but not killing -- the watchman in a botched attempt to expose a heroin ring operating out of the building. Tibbs believes them, but when his superiors learn of his ties to the group, he's suspended from the force.
Director
Don Medford
Producer
Walter Mirisch
Screenwriter
James R. Webb
Production Co
United Artists, The Mirisch Corporation
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 47m
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