A collection of three Shaft films from the 1970s. Triple Feature Year 2006 Video Release 2006-11-07 Studio Warner Bros. Genre Action MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 315 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis When Harlem P.I. John Shaft first appeared on the movie scene, he was a shut your mouth detective to reckon with, a fact underscored by Isaac Hayes' Oscar R winning* Best Original Song 1971 . Richard Roundtree plays the hard-hitting, street-smart title role in these signature blaxploitation films, hunting for a kidnap victim in Shaft 1971 and seeking a friend's murderer in Shaft's Big Score! mixing it up with mob thugs each time. Finally, there's Shaft in Africa He's the Brother Man in the Motherland, proclaimed ads , with our hero bringing down a slavery cartel. Shaft's the name. Excitement's the game!