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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
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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 (having apparently transferred from the Philadelphia Police Department though it is never mentioned in the two following movies). 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.
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.
Smith & Wesson or Colt snub nose revolver
Uniformed police officers carry holstered revolvers. They are seen very briefly, and any assumptions can be made only in a single case when the grips are seen more or less clear.
Shotguns
Ithaca 37
In several scenes, pump action shotguns are seen inside police cars. They turn out to be Ithaca 37.
