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The Killing

Episode aired Oct 30, 1973
1h 13m

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Shaft gets into an altercation with a procurer while trying to protect an old girlfriend who has fallen on hard times and turned to prostitution. When the procurer is found murdered, Shaft i... Read allShaft gets into an altercation with a procurer while trying to protect an old girlfriend who has fallen on hard times and turned to prostitution. When the procurer is found murdered, Shaft is accused of the crime, and the girl is his only alibi, but she has disappeared.Shaft gets into an altercation with a procurer while trying to protect an old girlfriend who has fallen on hard times and turned to prostitution. When the procurer is found murdered, Shaft is accused of the crime, and the girl is his only alibi, but she has disappeared.

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6/10

Character actor filled time capsule.

This is the episode of the Shaft TV series found as a bonus on the Shaft movie Bluray. It first aired forty years ago this week. Interestingly, it's directed by Nick Colosanto. You might recognize him from his most famous role as the absent-minded "Coach" from the show, "Cheers."

The female lead, Janet Du'Bois, is famous as a regular on "Good Times." The rest of the cast is filled with a lot of very familiar character actors. So the episode is not much compared to the movie, but it's entertaining as a time capsule.

Also, it looks like Shaft might not be doing as well. He's moved out of his two-story pad with the great view and the strange clown over the bed into a TV-budget-friendly nondescript apartment.