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  2. Shaft (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    The Shaft franchise [1] consists of five action-crime feature films and seven television films, centered on a family of African-American police detectives who all share the name John Shaft. The first three features may be described as blaxploitation films, the television film series is a mystery , and the fourth feature installment is a crime ...

  3. Richard Roundtree - Wikipedia

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    Richard Arnold Roundtree (July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and four of its sequels, Shaft's Big Score!

  4. Shaft (2000 film) - Wikipedia

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    Shaft is a 2000 American action crime thriller film co-written, co-produced, and directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role with Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree.

  5. Richard Roundtree, 'Shaft' Star, Dead at 81 - AOL

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    Richard Roundtree has died. The actor, best known for his starring role in Shaft, died on Tuesday after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer with his family at his bedside, his agency and manager ...

  6. Shaft Star Richard Roundtree Dead at 81 - AOL

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    Richard Roundtree, who played the iconic lead character in the 1971 movie Shaft and its sequels, has died at the age of 81. The actor passed away on Tuesday “after a brief battle with pancreatic ...

  7. Richard Roundtree, Black action hero who played 'Shaft,' dead ...

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    Roundtree shot to fame with the 1971 Blaxploitation movie "Shaft" about a private detective in the Harlem section of New York, and he reprised the role in a number of sequels and a short-lived ...

  8. Shaft (2019 film) - Wikipedia

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    In 1989, NYPD Detective John Shaft, his wife Maya, and their infant son JJ Shaft survive an assassination attempt by drug lord Pierro "Gordito" Carrera. Concerned for their safety, Maya divorces Shaft, moves upstate, and raises JJ on her own. Twenty-five years later, Shaft has become a private investigator and JJ is a rookie FBI analyst.

  9. Shaft (1971 film) - Wikipedia

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    Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman [4] and John D. F. Black. [5] It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series.