Shaft/Shaft's big score/Shaft in Africa [videorecording]
2020
Videos and DVDs
Triple bill of action thrillers starring Richard Roundtree. In 'Shaft' (1971) private detective John Shaft (Roundtree) is called in when the daughter of Harlem gangster Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn) is kidnapped. Forced to go undercover as a member of the Mob, Shaft finds an ally in black militant Ben Buford (Christopher St. John), but soon finds himself becoming embroiled in gang warfare and clashes with the Mafia. In 'Shaft's Big Score' (1972) Shaft once again finds himself involved with the Mob when a friend is murdered. It transpires that the dead man was running a lucrative sideline to his legitimate business, from which $200,000 has now gone missing. Two rival gangs are competing to take over the deceased's patch, and are prepared to intimidate his widow to get what they want. In 'Shaft in Africa' (1973) Shaft is less than keen when he is asked to investigate slave trading in Africa. Coercion, threats and intimidation fail to sway him, but a hefty fee and a gorgeous assistant finally do the trick, and Shaft goes undercover to expose the crime ring from within.
Main title:
Shaft/Shaft's big score/Shaft in Africa [videorecording] / producer, Joel Freeman; producer, Roger Lewis; producer, Ernest Tidyman.
Author:
Parks, Gordon, directorGuillermin, John, 1925-2015, directorHayes, Isaac, composer (expression)Pate, Johnny, composer (expression)Johnson, J.J., composer (expression)Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023, actorGunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actorCioffi, Charles, 1935-, actorTidyman, Ernest, book author
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Warner Bros. Home Ent., 2020.
Collation:
3 DVDs (306 min.) : colour
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 3 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Other documentaries (Featurette).Made in 1973.Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman.Boxed.In English; Closed captioning in English.
Credits:
Credits: director, Gordon Parks; director, John Guillermin; writer, Ernest Tidyman; writer, John D. F. Black; writer, Stirling Silliphant; music, Isaac Hayes; music, Gordon Parks; music, Johnny Pate; music, J.J. Johnson; cinematographer, Urs Furrer; cinematographer, Marcel Grignon.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Drew Brown, Gwen Mitchell, Lawrence Pressman, Antonio Fargas, Sherri Brewer, Rex Robbins, Camille Yarbrough, Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo, Kathy Imrie, Joe Santos, Wally Taylor, Julius W. Harris, Rosalind Miles, Don Blakely, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric, Cy Grant, Jacques Marin, Spiros Focas, Willie Jonah, Jho Jhenkins, Adolfo Lestretti.
Audience:
BBFC code: 18.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.43718
Language:
English
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BRN:
1931744
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