Shaft (1973)

Season 1

Shaft

Subtitles for: Shaft (1973)

"All-new Shaft thrills!"

Shaft is a series of TV movies that aired along with Hawkins during 1973-74 television season on The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies. The series was based on three films beginning with Shaft, and starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft. Because it was aired on over-the-air television, CBS felt that the character needed to be toned down. Now instead of working against the police, he worked with them. The series rotated with Hawkins starring James Stewart as a country lawyer who investigates his cases, similarly to his earlier film Anatomy of a Murder. Contemporary analysts suggested that since the two shows appealed to vastly different audience bases, alternating them only served to confuse fans of both series, giving neither one the time to build up a large viewership.

Rate★ 7.2/10 (6 votes)
GenreDramaAction & AdventureCrime
Duration75 min/ep
CountryUS
Release09 Oct 1973
LanguageEN
DirectorErnest Tidyman
Keywordsprivate investigator
IMDbtt0069630 ↗
TypeTV Series Ended

Cast

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Richard RoundtreeJohn Shaft
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Eddie BarthLt. Al Rossi

Season 1 Episodes

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1
The Enforcers
1973-10-09
2
The Killing
1973-10-30
3
Hit-Run
1973-11-20
4
The Kidnapping
1973-12-11
5
Cop Killer
1974-01-01
6
The Capricorn Murders
1974-01-29
7
The Murder Machine
1974-02-19