The Organization is a 1971 film starring
Sidney Poitier as
Virgil Tibbs. It was the last of the trilogy featuring the police detective Tibbs that had begun with
In the Heat of the Night (1967). In it Tibbs is called in to hunt down a gang of urban revolutionaries, suspected of a series of crimes. The title refers to a drug-trafficking organization Tibbs is pursuing.
Barbara McNair,
Sheree North and
Raul Julia co-star in the film, directed by
Don Medford.