Shaft in Africa (1973)

Directed by

John Guillermin

Genre

drama film, action film, blaxploitation film, crime film, mystery film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A private detective is hired to investigate a human trafficking ring. He travels from New York to Africa to take on the criminals.

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What happens

Shaft in Africa is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by John Guillermin, and the third film of the Shaft series, starring Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. Stirling Silliphant wrote the screenplay. The film's budget was $1.5 million, but the film was a box office flop, grossing just $1 million. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer quickly sold the property to television, but the television series was cancelled after just seven episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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