1967 drama in which they called Rod Steiger Sheriff Gillespie & Sidney Poitier Mr. Tibbs
... Gillespie was named County Sheriff, with his job as Sparta Police Chief 
.... the poignant Charly (1968) and another racially-tinged drama, The Liberation 
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deemed suspicious in communities where they had every right to be, but ... a 
week, a figure that ruffles Police Chief Gillespie (Rod Steiger) because ... Why 
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