 Shaft 1971  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Gordon Parks
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Lawrence Pressman, Antonio Fargas, Arnold Johnson, Shimen Ruskin, Joseph Leon, Victor Arnold, Sherri Brewer, Rex Robbins, Camille Yarbrough, Margaret Warncke
After the teenage daughter of Black, Harlem gangster Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn) is kidnapped by the White Mafia, private investigator John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) sets out to track her down. There has been no demand for ransom, and Shaft has no clues as to who actually did the kidnapping when he enters his action-packed investigation through New York City. Isaac Hayes' theme song for this film won the Academy Award for Best Song.
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 Shaft's Big Score! 1972  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Parks
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo, Kathy Imrie, Wally Taylor, Julius Harris, Rosalind Miles, Joe Santos, Angelo Nazzo
Richard Roundtree is back in the role of P.I. John Shaft in this follow-up to the hit film "Shaft" made the year before. This time around, the violence is high as Shaft sets out to recover a big bundle of money that is missing after his friend, who owned a mortuary and ran a numbers game on the side, is blown up. Since the money is going to a worthy cause, Shaft fights the crime bosses of Harlem who want the money. He finds the money in a coffin, and the chase is on.
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The Super Cops 1974  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Parks
Cast: Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier, Pat Hingle, Dan Frazer, Joseph Sirola, Amy Freeman, Bernard Kates, Alex Colon, Charles Turner, Ralph Wilcox, Al Fann
This action film is based on the true story of two NYC policemen (Ron Leibman and David Selby)–known as "Batman & Robin"–who patrolled the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant on the trail of dope dealers.
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| 1. Leadbelly (1976)
2. Shaft (1971)
3. Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
4. The Super Cops (1974)
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