Shaft in Africa-Movie Intro (1973) BLAXPLOITATION

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Shaft in Africa, released in 1973, is the third film in the trilogy of films that starred actor Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. John Guillermin directed and Stirling Silliphant did the screenplay. The cost went up to $2142, 000, but the gross fell to $1458000. MGM quickly sold the property to television, but the television series was cancelled after just seven episodes. While in Africa, John Shaft is persuaded by threats of physical force, the promise of money, and the lure of a pretty tutor ...