Shaft: The TV Movie Collection (1973) He’s the coolest private detective around, caught up in all the hottest cases. Can you dig it? Richard Roundtree portrays streetsmart Harlem sleuth John Shaft, reprising the film role he played in three trend-setting movies of the early 1970s (and would revisit in the 2000 Shaft remake starring Samuel L. Jackson). In these seven episodes that each ran in a 90-minute timeslot, Shaft likes his women chic, his cars fast and his clothes expensive – and takes the fight to mob lowlifes, scumballs and vigilantes who prey upon Shaft’s pals and other decent, everyday people. And, yes, it just wouldn’t be Shaft without the signature theme music of Isaac Hayes. That’s here, too. Right on!

THE EXECUTIONERS - After someone takes out a defense attorney and his recently acquitted client, Shaft takes the case.
THE KILLING - Framed for murder, Shaft has to take it on the run - straight to the red light district! Can he keep his mind on focused on finding the true killer?
HIT-RUN - A stolen car is used in a hit and run, and the son of a friend of Shaft's is set up to take the fall.
THE KIDNAPPING - Shaft searched for proof of life while acting as a middleman for a banker and the kidnappers who snatched his wife.
COP KILLER - It's Shaft versus the thin blue line as he takes on corruption in the ranks.
THE CAPRICORN MURDERS - Shaft pursues ruthless thieves who will stop at nothing in their quest for a valuable necklace.
THE MURDER MACHINE - A hitman crashes a party and makes the groom collateral damage. A groom who happens to be a friend of Shaft...