Shaft. The name conjures up images of the classic blaxploitation hero, in a turtleneck and leather coat with jumbo…
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Cast
Richard Roundtree (John Shaft)Eddie Barth (Lt. Al Rossi)Judie Stein (Laura Parks)Robert Culp (Marshall Cunningham)Paul Burke (Elliot Williamson)Howard Duff (Tom Oliver)Ja'net DuBois (Diana Richie)Clu Gulager (Richard Quayle)George Maharis (Wally Doyle)Don Knight (J.L. Teague)Richard Jaeckel (Det. Sgt. Lew Turner)Karen Carlson (Nancy Williamson)Leonard Frey (Kyle Bruckner)Percy Rodrigues (Marcus Lowell)Fionnula Flanagan (Louise Quayle)David Hedison (Gil Kirkwood)James A. Watson Jr. (Off. Charles Tyler)Michael Ansara (Sergeant Duff)
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Creators
Allan Balter, Ken Kolb, Ellis Marcus, Ernest Tidyman, William Read Woodfield
Synopsis
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 week presents a different case and a different crime to solve.
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