Shaft
6.5
Season 1
65 min
S1 · E1 · Oct 9, 1973
The Enforcers Episode 1
65 min
S1 · E2 · Oct 30, 1973
The Killing Episode 2
65 min
S1 · E3 · Nov 20, 1973
Hit-Run Episode 3
65 min
S1 · E4 · Dec 11, 1973
The Kidnapping Episode 4
65 min
S1 · E5 · Jan 1, 1974
Cop Killer Episode 5
65 min
S1 · E6 · Jan 29, 1974
The Capricorn Murders Episode 6
65 min
S1 · E7 · Feb 19, 1974
The Murder Machine Episode 7
7 episodes in Season 1
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“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.
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Cast
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Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
Known for
Se7en
George of the Jungle
Eddie Barth
Lt. Al Rossi
Known for
Simon & Simon
Osmosis Jones
Clu Gulager
Known for
The Return of the Living Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Sid Haig
Higget's Bodyguard
Known for
House of 1000 Corpses
Bone Tomahawk
David Armstrong
Police Officer (uncredited)
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There Was a Crooked Man...
Cult of the Cobra
Judie Stein
Laura Parks
Ernest Tidyman Creator · Lawrence Dobkin Director Nicholas Colasanto Director
Total runtime 8h 45m · Episode length 75 min · Country United States
Show info
Premiered
October 9, 1973
Final episode
February 19, 1974
Status
Ended
Network
CBS
Country
United States
Type
Scripted
Episode length
75 min
Total runtime
8h 45m
Original language
English
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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