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Shaft in Africa (1973)
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Synopsis
In the third and last in the original
Shaft
(1971) series of action-packed "blaxploitation" pictures, private eye John Shaft (
Richard Roundtree
) travels to the "motherland," where he breaks up a modern slavery ring. Shaft is hired by a diplomat, Emir Ramila (Cy Grant), to infiltrate the criminal empire of the evil Vincent Amafi (
Frank Finlay
), who is kidnapping poor Africans and shipping them to Europe as slave laborers. Amafi murdered Ramila's son when he attempted to expose the illegal operation, and Ramila, now aware that his investigation of Amafi has been compromised, needs an unfamiliar to face to help bring the ring leader down. After undergoing some training at the hands of a comely tutor so that he'll be able to pass muster as an African, Shaft travels to Ethiopia and allows himself to be shanghaied by Amafi's men. However, the high-ranking Wassa (Debebe Eshetu) is the traitor in Ramila's ranks, and he has betrayed Shaft. As the tough private eye attempts to free the slaves being held captive in a former Nazi prison below a French chateau and bed any beautiful women who crosses his path, he must also dodge a series of assassination attempts by Ramila's men. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Cast
Debebe Eshetu
Wassa
Frank Finlay
Slave Dealer
Spiros Focas
Sassari
Vonetta McGee
Aleme
Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
Neda Arneric
Jazar
Production Crew
Jose Marie Tapiador
Art Director
Marcel Grignon
Cinematographer
Johnny Pate
Composer (Music Score)
John Guillermin
Director
Max Benedict
Editor
Miguel Angel Gil, Jr.
First Assistant Director
Rene Dupont
Producer
Roger Lewis
Producer
John Stoll
Production Designer
Stirling Silliphant
Screenwriter
Brian Potter
Songwriter
Dennis Lambert
Songwriter
Hal Watkins
Sound/Sound Designer
Peter Sutton
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1973
Runtime: 112
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature
Genre
Action
Color type
Metrocolor
Produced by
MGM
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.