The Organization / Sheba, Baby

The Organization (1971)

Sidney Poitier returns for his third outing as Virgil Tibbs, as the San Francisco detective looks into a clandestine war between a group of young street vigilantes and a heroin-smuggling ring. When his sympathies for the citizen brigade land him on suspension, Tibbs finds his hands free to break the drug dealers for good. Gritty urban actioner co-stars Barbara McNair, Raul Julia, Sheree North, Allen Garfield. 105 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

Sheba, Baby (1975)

Chicago investigator Sheba Shayne (Pam Grier) returns to her old Kentucky home to help her dad (Rudy Challenger) defend his Louisville loan business from the local mob boss (D'Urville Martin) who's looking to squeeze him out. Armed with her smarts, her looks, and a .44, Grier proves once more why she's queen of the action stars. Austin Stoker, Dick Merrifield co-star. 90 min. C/Rtg: PG

Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.