The Organization is a 1971 DeLuxe Color American crime thriller film starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Don Medford.

The screenplay was penned by James R. Webb, and the film co-stars Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Laughlin, Sheree North and Raul Julia.

Virgil Tibbs (Poitier) is contacted by the group which committed the break-in and stole four million dollars' worth of heroin.

Tibbs himself comes under suspicion from his superiors when the narcotics division tie him to the stolen drugs, whereupon he is removed from the case and suspended.

The revolutionary escapes with money, pursued by some of the gang through the construction site for the unfinished Montgomery Street Station.

Roger Ebert gave it two stars, stating that "the plot is not exactly believable",[2] while A.H. Weiler in The New York Times wrote "The Organization can be rough on super-city sleuths as well as movie-goers who've been through much the same melodramatics before".

[3] The film opened in 18 cities in the United States and Canada and was number one at the US box office for the week.