Virgil is disturbed by the investigation of a battered woman.Virgil is disturbed by the investigation of a battered woman.Virgil is disturbed by the investigation of a battered woman.
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Howard E. Rollins Jr.
- Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
- (as Howard Rollins)
Lois Nettleton
- Joanne St. John
- (credit only)
John Burton Jr.
- Man in Dream
- (uncredited)
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- GoofsWhen the Chief is talking to Jimmy Dawes in his jail cell, Jimmy goes back and forth between sitting on his bunk and leaning back on one elbow whenever they change camera angles.
- Quotes
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: Now, I talked with Mrs. Tibbs about you.
Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs: Why?
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: [Angrily] Because I wanted. That's why.
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Tragic battered wife
Howard Rollins and Geoffrey Thorne find a battered and bleeding woman on a creek shore and she says she was attacked and raped. She's lying and Carroll
O'Connor suspects so. Forensics is what convinces Rollins though.
The case makes Rollins flashback on a tragedy involving his sister in her childhood. That's a poignant story when told.
But their current victim Caryn West is a tragedy waiting to happen. As many battered women do they rationalize that it's their fault. In a moment of candor she confesses that she has no real job skills for anything above barely subsistence wage. Back in my Crime Victims Board days I recall a case just like the one here.
Caryn West and Michael Keys Hall give almost perfect portrayals of a the battered and the batterer.
The case makes Rollins flashback on a tragedy involving his sister in her childhood. That's a poignant story when told.
But their current victim Caryn West is a tragedy waiting to happen. As many battered women do they rationalize that it's their fault. In a moment of candor she confesses that she has no real job skills for anything above barely subsistence wage. Back in my Crime Victims Board days I recall a case just like the one here.
Caryn West and Michael Keys Hall give almost perfect portrayals of a the battered and the batterer.
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- bkoganbing
- Nov 5, 2020
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