Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
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Episode Guide
- 1. The Enforcers Oct 9, 1973
- Vigilantes kill a successful defense lawyer and his client.
- 2. The Killing Oct 30, 1973
- Shaft faces murder charges when he saves an old flame from a brutal pimp.
- 3. Hit and Run Nov 20, 1973
- A young man is accused of a hit-and-run killing of a casino strong man.
Shaft is a television series that aired along with Hawkins during 1973–74 television season on The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies. Broadcast every third week, the series is a follow-up continuation of the three feature films that preceded its release.
Shaft: With Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Judie Stein, Robert Culp. Based on the films of the same name, John Shaft is a two-fisted black private eye modeled on Mike Hammer and Phillip Marlowe.
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- 1973-10-09
- Action, Crime, Drama
- 73
The Shaft franchise consists of five action-crime feature films and seven television films, centered on a family of African-American police detectives who all share the name John Shaft. The first three features may be described as blaxploitation films, the television film series is a mystery, and the fourth feature installment is a crime thriller.
Each episode presents a different case and a different crime to solve. In "The Enforcers", when a lawyer friend fails to return home after successfully defending a man accused of slaying a police officer, Shaft is summoned by the wife.
- 74 min
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IMDb provides the episode list of the short-lived TV series based on the Shaft character from the movies. See the titles, ratings, summaries, and air dates of the seven episodes from 1973 and 1974.
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Shaft featuring Richard Roundtree is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can track it for updates. It's an action & adventure and drama show with 7 episodes over 1 season. Shaft is no longer running and has no plans to air new episodes or seasons.
