Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Shaft (1971)

Shaft - (Original Trailer)

A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight the mob in Shaft (1971), starring Richard Roundtree.

Shaft (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Sick Friend Here

Confirming his suspicions, Richard Roundtree (title character) discovers that his Times Square-area office is being staked out (by Tommy Lane and Al Kirk) and fisticuffs ensue, early in director Gordon Parks Jr's hit Shaft, 1971.

Shaft (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Soulsville

Director Gordon Parks (with a cameo!) uses another Isaac Hayes song, Soulsville, with another montage of his leading man (Richard Roundtree) this time in Harlem, also visiting Bunky (Antonio Fargas), in Shaft, 1971.

Shaft (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Title Song

The totally excellent opening by director Gordon Parks featuring the title character (Richard Roundtree, flashing his private-eye badge) cruising Times Square, nearing its sleazier days, to Isaac Hayes' Academy Award-winning title song, from Shaft, 1971.