Ernest Tidyman

"There are private eyes and private eyes, but in New York City there's only one Shaft. He's the loner. The rock-existentialist from Harlem. The beautiful Black with soul, guts, and hormones. Shaft's the name and the game. So cool he can toss a man out a third-floor window because he doesn't like the shape of his shoulder pads... So hot his bed-record makes Mike Hammer look sissy... So tough he doesn't know when he's dead, and damned if he'll die ......

"Alain Chanier is a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France, who is in reality a drug lord working on a big score - selling $32 million worth of heroin in New York City. But his potential buyer - small-time hood Salvatore Boca - is being tailed by two undercover NYC cops, James 'Popeye' Doyle and Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo. The more Popeye and Cloudy dig, the closer they get - to the mysterious 'French connection' and a final showdown between the dealers...

This time, The Stranger mysteriously appears out of the heat waves of the desert and rides into the lawless, sin-ridden town of Lago. After making a name for himself with a string of blazing gun battles, The Stranger is hired by the townspeople to provide protection from three ruthless gunmen just out of jail.

Private eye John Shaft runs afoul of the underworld as he investigates a friends murder.

"Based on a true story, The French Connection stars Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider as detectives who aim their sharp instincts and unconventional methods at the international suppliers of New York's heroin trade." --