Shaft (TV film series)
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| Shaft | |
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Richard Roundtree and Ed Barth in "The Killing", 1973.
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| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Based on | Shaft by Ernest Tidyman |
| Starring | Richard Roundtree |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production company(s) | MGM Television |
| Distributor | Turner Entertainment Co. Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 9, 1973 – February 19, 1974 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Shaft (2000 film) |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Shaft is a series of television films that aired along with Hawkins and other TV films during 1973–74 television season on The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies. Broadcast every third week, the series is a continuation of the three films beginning with Shaft (1971), starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft and Ed Barth as Al Rossi; Barth replaces Angelo Gnazzo, who portrayed the character in Shaft's Big Score! (1972).[1]
Because it was aired on over-the-air television, CBS felt that the narrative needed to be toned down. Now instead of opposing the police, Shaft worked with them, creating conflicts with Hawkins starring cinema legend James Stewart, another police series with a starkly different viewership. The show was cancelled after one season. Contemporary analysts suggested that since the two shows—Shaft and Hawkins—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.[2][3][4][5] A further contributor to its ratings failure was competition from other crime drama series starring African-American private investigators, NBC's Tenafly and ABC's Get Christie Love!.[6] Richard Roundtree himself has publicly expressed his disdain for the small-screen version of Shaft.[7][8]
Films
| Nº | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "The Enforcers" | October 9, 1973 |
| 2 | "The Killing" | October 30, 1973 |
| 3 | "Hit-Run" | November 20, 1973 |
| 4 | "The Kidnapping" | December 11, 1973 |
| 5 | "Cop Killer" | January 1, 1974 |
| 6 | "The Capricorn Murders" | January 29, 1974 |
| 7 | "The Murder Machine" | February 19, 1974 |
Cast and characters
- A private detective working with the New York Police Department (NYPD). Roundtree reprises his role from the theatrical Shaft film series.
- Ed Barth as Lt. Al Rossi:
- An NYPD police lieutenant working with Shaft. Barth replaces Angelo Gnazzo, who portrayed the character in Shaft's Big Score! (1972).
List indicator(s)
- This table only shows characters that have appeared in three or more films in the series.
- A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the film or that the character's presence in the film has yet to be announced.
| Character | Films | ||||||
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| The Enforcers | The Killing | Hit-Run | The Kidnapping | Cop Killer | The Capricorn Murders | The Murder Machine | |
| 1973 | 1974 | ||||||
| John Shaft | Richard Roundtree | ||||||
| Lt. Al Rossi | Ed Barth | ||||||
| The Detective | Rudy Doucette | Rudy Doucette | Rudy Doucette | ||||
| The Hood | Arnold Roberts | Arnold Roberts | |||||
| Laura Parks | Judie Stein | Judie Stein | |||||
| The Pit Boss | Nick Borgani | ||||||
| The Sportsman | Robert Strong | Robert Strong | |||||
| Marshall Cunningham | Robert Culp | ||||||
| Det. Sgt. Lew Turner | Richard Jaeckel | ||||||
| Gerald Felk | Kaz Garas | ||||||
| Juan Otero | Rafael Campos | ||||||
| Charles Dawson | Noah Keen | ||||||
| Judge McCormick | Dean Jagger | ||||||
| Bobby | Michael Gregory | ||||||
| Gordon Dana | Charles Boyd | ||||||
| Walter Anderson | Maurice Hill | ||||||
| Stan Burgess | Harv Selsby | ||||||
| Dr. Helen Connors | Jeanne Sorel | ||||||
| Sister Elizabeth | Diana Webster | ||||||
| Jane Cunningham | Barbara Babcock | ||||||
| Cathy Cunningham | Melissa Sue Anderson | ||||||
| Court Member | Dusty Cadis | ||||||
| Numbers | Peter Elbling | ||||||
| Court Member | Bill Hickman | ||||||
| Don Lewis | Richard Lawson | ||||||
| Diana Richie | Ja'net DuBois | ||||||
| Kyle Bruckner | Leonard Frey | ||||||
| Sergeant Duff | Michael Ansara | ||||||
| Sonny Bruckner | Michael Pataki | ||||||
| Stanley Hollister | Henry Beckman | ||||||
| Archie McGill | Ron Soble | ||||||
| Victor Perrine | Jared Martin | ||||||
| Captain Rigano | Val Avery | ||||||
| Charley | Vito Scotti | ||||||
| Jack Benjamin | Louis Guss | ||||||
| Mrs. Richie | Royce Wallace | ||||||
| Logan | Albert Popwell | ||||||
| Selma Thomas | Jacque Lynn Colton | ||||||
| Judge Graves | Michael Fox | ||||||
| Judge Weinberg | Jack Bernardi | ||||||
| Iggie | Lou Kane | ||||||
| Bailiff | Benjie Bancroft | ||||||
| Courtroom Spectator | Al Beaudine | ||||||
| Court Clerk | Billy Beck | ||||||
| Court Reporter | Dick Cherney | ||||||
| Juror | George Holmes | ||||||
| Passerby | Kathryn Janssen | ||||||
| Workman | Danny Sands | ||||||
| Gambler | Eddie Smith | ||||||
| Detective | Nico Stevens | ||||||
| Tom Oliver | Howard Duff | ||||||
| Marcus Lowell | Percy Rodrigues | ||||||
| Ann Lowell | Judy Pace | ||||||
| David Oliver | Tony Geary | ||||||
| Paul Hanson | Don Matheson | ||||||
| Clifford Grayson | Tony Curtis | ||||||
| Charles Harris | Nicky Blair | ||||||
| Mona | Pat Delaney | ||||||
| Secretary | Paula Shaw | ||||||
| Pit Boss | Ted Jordan | ||||||
| Jacquard | Jason Wingreen | ||||||
| Mrs. Pattion | Shirley Anthony | ||||||
| Hoods | Fred Carson | ||||||
| Bill Catching | |||||||
| Croupiers | Sig Frohlich | ||||||
| Joseph La Cava | |||||||
| Dealer | Bob Harks | ||||||
| Club Patrons | Eddie Garrett | ||||||
| Robert Hitchcock | |||||||
| Joe Pine | |||||||
| Bartender | Shep Houghton | ||||||
| Eddie Simmons | Charlie Picerni | ||||||
| Pit Boss | Hank Robinson | ||||||
| Crouper | George Washburn | ||||||
| Elliot Williamson | Paul Burke | ||||||
| Nancy Williamson | Karen Carlson | ||||||
| Matthew Potter | Nicholas A. Beauvy | ||||||
| Beck | Greg Mullavey | ||||||
| Hayden | Timothy Scott | ||||||
| Leo | Vic Brandt | ||||||
| Sheriff Bradley | Frank Marth | ||||||
| Deputy Walter | Philip Kenneally | ||||||
| Deputy Daley | Erik Holland | ||||||
| Deputy Milton | Frank Whiteman | ||||||
| Mr. Tolliver | Stephen Coit | ||||||
| Debbie | Jayne Kennedy | ||||||
| Potter | Richard Stahl | ||||||
| Cab Driver | Joseph Petrullo | ||||||
| Bank Customer | Robert Casper | ||||||
| Wally Doyle | George Maharis | ||||||
| Officer Charles Tyler | James A. Watson Jr. | ||||||
| Tom Donegan | Richard Schaal | ||||||
| Brock | Arch Johnson | ||||||
| Marcia Tyler | Kim Hamilton | ||||||
| Eve | Talya Ferro | ||||||
| Capt. Brian Brewster | Darren McGavin | ||||||
| Dr. Meyer | Gene Elman | ||||||
| Helen Rossi | Mitzi Hoag | ||||||
| Tony | Max Gail | ||||||
| Marks | Joseph George | ||||||
| Cargill | Peter Canon | ||||||
| Bartender | Vic Christy | ||||||
| J. L. Teague | Don Knight | ||||||
| Gil Kirkwood | David Hedison | ||||||
| Joanna Kirkwood | Cathy Lee Crosby | ||||||
| Harry Praeger | Robert Phillips | ||||||
| Fire Investigator | Bert Freed | ||||||
| Frank Lucas | Arthur O'Connell | ||||||
| Bank Clerk | June Dayton | ||||||
| Bank Officer | Dean Harens | ||||||
| Myrna | Candice Rialson | ||||||
| Carol | Thelma Pelish | ||||||
| Nicky | Jo Ella Deffenbaugh | ||||||
| Police Officer | David Armstrong | ||||||
| Franklin Carter | George Bryson | ||||||
| Boermer | Edward Colmans | ||||||
| Gunther | Gil Perkins | ||||||
| Detective | Ray Pourchot | ||||||
| Intern | Walter Smith | ||||||
| Richard Quayle | Clu Gulager | ||||||
| Louise Quayle | Fionnula Flanagan | ||||||
| Henry Kassner | Mills Watson | ||||||
| Gerald Wallace | Joe Warfield | ||||||
| Frank Higget | Sheldon Allman | ||||||
| Plainclothesmen | John Garwood | ||||||
| Glenn Robards | |||||||
| Bookie | Danny Wells | ||||||
| Moon | Bill Walker | ||||||
| Girl | Janice Durkin | ||||||
| Higget's Bodyguard | Sid Haig | ||||||
| Corman | Than Wyenn | ||||||
References
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- ↑ "Richard Roundtree." Unsung Hollywood. Nar. Gary Anthony Williams. Exec. Prod. Frank Sinton, Arthur Smith, Kent Weed, and Mark Rowland. TV One, 25 Mar. 2015. Television.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Shaft at IMDb
- TV Party: "Shaft" on TV
- Steve Aldous Guide to Shaft TV Series 1973-4
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Based on Shaft (1970) by Ernest Tidyman
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