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Shaft

★ 6.5 537 votes 1973–1974 1 seasons · 7 episodes Ended CBS
Starring
Richard RoundtreeEddie BarthJudie SteinRobert CulpPaul BurkeHoward Duff
Starring
Richard RoundtreeEddie BarthJudie SteinRobert CulpPaul BurkeHoward Duff
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
013253850
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About

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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All Seasons

Season 11973
6.725578h 33m
EpTitleRatingVotesRuntime
1The Enforcers7.44473 min
2The Killing6.14473 min
3Hit-Run6.43273 min
4The Kidnapping7.14074 min
5Cop Killer6.53573 min
6The Capricorn Murders6.13074 min
7The Murder Machine6.93073 min

Full Cast & Crew

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

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