Sparta Miss Police Dept./Newton Co Sheriffs Office Carroll O’Connor as: Chief Bill Gillespie Howard Rollins Jr. as: Virgil Tibbs Lt. Bubba Skinner Hugh O’Connor as: Lt. Lonnie Jameson Harvey Lee Jr. as: Ken Covey Crystal Fox as: Luanne Corbin Randall Franks as: Randy Goode Dee Shaw as Officer Dee Shepard Geoffrey Thorne as: Wilson Sweet Christian Le Blanc as Officer Junior Abernathy David Hart as: Parker Williams Will Culbreth as Sheriff McComb Joe Don Baker as Acting Chief Tom Dugan Mark Johnson as Officer Luke Everett Carl Weathers as Chief Hampton Forbes Barbara Lee as Deputy Christine Surillo
