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Shaft in Africa (1973)
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P.I. John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work. Director:John Guillermin |
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Frank Finlay | ... |
Amafi
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Neda Arneric | ... |
Jazar
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Debebe Eshetu | ... |
Wassa
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Spiros Focás | ... |
Sassari
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Jacques Herlin | ... |
Perreau
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Jho Jhenkins | ... |
Ziba
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Willie Jonah | ... |
Oyo
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Adolfo Lastretti | ... |
Piro
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Marne Maitland | ... |
Col. Gonder
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Frank McRae | ... |
Osiat
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Zenebech Tadesse | ... |
The Prostitute
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A.V. Falana | ... |
Ramila's Son
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James E. Myers | ... |
Williams
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John Shaft is persuaded by threats of physical force, the promise of money, and the lure of a pretty tutor, to assume the identity of a native-speaking itinerant worker in Africa. His job is to help break a racket that is smuggling immigrants into Europe then exploiting them. But the villains have heard that he is on his way. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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Shaft is stickin' it...all the way. See more »Parents Guide:
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Aleme: Oziot has guarded me since I was a child. Sometimes I think of him as my living chastity belt.
Shaft: Damn! Man that size, baby, that's a whole lot of chastity!
Aleme: I'm still on my first age grade. We call that fareita. No one is permitted to marry while they are in fareita.
Shaft: What do you do for relaxation?
Aleme: I enter chala, my second age grade, this February. And even the emir's daughter may have sex and marry, after my clitoradectomy.
Shaft: Your what?
Aleme: My clitoradectomy. Female circumcision.
Shaft: You mean when they cut off your...?
Aleme: Are you afraid to say the word? My clitoris! Yes! That's what they do in the time of chala.
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Sung by The Four Tops (as Four Tops)
Words and Music by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter See more »
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Continuity: Shortly before he boards the ship for France, Shaft is involved in a fight in which his right hand is severely bitten by his opponent, drawing quite a bit of blood. Yet when he boards the ship, his right hand is completely wound free. See more »Quotes
Shaft: Look, why don't you get rid of that jolly giant over there, so you and I can get down to the finer strokes.Aleme: Oziot has guarded me since I was a child. Sometimes I think of him as my living chastity belt.
Shaft: Damn! Man that size, baby, that's a whole lot of chastity!
Aleme: I'm still on my first age grade. We call that fareita. No one is permitted to marry while they are in fareita.
Shaft: What do you do for relaxation?
Aleme: I enter chala, my second age grade, this February. And even the emir's daughter may have sex and marry, after my clitoradectomy.
Shaft: Your what?
Aleme: My clitoradectomy. Female circumcision.
Shaft: You mean when they cut off your...?
Aleme: Are you afraid to say the word? My clitoris! Yes! That's what they do in the time of chala.
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"Are You Man Enough"Sung by The Four Tops (as Four Tops)
Words and Music by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter See more »
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