this sequel to in the heat of the night will suffer in inevitable comparison to it infinitely well predecessor . instead of look like a theatrical movie edit for television and mister tibbs look suspiciously like a tv movie edit for theatrical release and with grainy photography and cheesy opening title and and set that look like theyre make of plywood . the murder sequence have a glaring continuity error represent the camera show two hand choke the girl and then a shot of a hand reach for a statuette and then a shot of the girl be choke with two hand again and and finally the statuette come down for the fatal blow . solve the case should be easy represent find the only guy with three hand . but the shoddy production value can not completely obscure this film considerable merit represent namely and sidney poitier performance a the cool detective determine to follow the evidence wherever it may lead and even if it implicate a friend . martin landau be also convince a the do gooder preacher activist suspect of brutally murder his prostitute girlfriend . in addition to be haunt by the case and tibbs be conflict about his home life and but the issue of race and tibbs barely conceal sense of social outrage be absent here . so be the complex murder mystery that make in the heat of the night so compelling .