Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
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- 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.
1h 13m. IMDb RATING. 6.5 /10. 449. YOUR RATING. Rate. Action Crime Drama. Based on the films of the same name, John Shaft is a two-fisted black private eye modeled on Mike Hammer and Phillip Marlowe. Stars. Richard Roundtree. Eddie Barth. Judie Stein. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. Added by 1.8K users. 2 User reviews.
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- 1973-10-09
- Action, Crime, Drama
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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.
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.
- Characters created by Ernest Tidyman
- United States
- Total (4 theatrically-released films): $131,751,966
- 1971–present
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Based on the movies of the same name, John Shaft is a two-fisted black private eye along the lines of Mike Hammer and Phillip Marlowe. 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 ...
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Find out who played John Shaft, the iconic detective, and his allies and enemies in the TV series based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman. See the names and roles of the actors, directors, writers, and more who worked on the show.
Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Episode list. Shaft. Top-rated. Tue, Oct 9, 1973. S1.E1. The Enforcers. A group of the town's leading citizens is acting as a vigilante committee, kidnapping, trying, and executing suspects who have been acquitted of crimes.
With his wife dead, and himself presumed dead, Kirkwood had hoped to escape to South America with $3 million in diamonds from her safe deposit box. But when Joanna is rescued from the fire she hires Shaft, who has previously worked for her father, to investigate.
