Shaft 50 years old

Shaft is a series of TV movies that aired along with Hawkins during 1973-74 television season on The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies. The series was based on three films beginning with Shaft, and starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft. Because it was aired on over-the-air television, CBS felt that the character needed to be toned down. Now instead of working against the police, he worked with them. The series rotated with Hawkins starring James Stewart as a country lawyer who investigates his cases, similarly to his earlier film Anatomy of a Murder. Contemporary analysts suggested that since the two shows 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.

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Cast

Name	Character
Clu Gulager He was 44 , now 95 years old
Richard Roundtree He was 31 , now 81 years old
Sid Haig He was 34 , 80 years old when he died

Crew

Name	Job title
Harry Harris Directing He was 51 , 86 years old when he died	Director
Lee Philips Directing He was 46 , 72 years old when he died	Director
Lawrence Dobkin Directing He was 54 , 83 years old when he died	Director
Nicholas Colasanto Directing He was 49 , 61 years old when he died	Director
Allen Reisner Directing He was 14 , 15 years old when he died	Director