1 00:00:55,347 --> 00:00:58,350 ["Theme from shaft" playing] 2 00:01:13,115 --> 00:01:15,492 - —[Horns honking] - [Tires screech] 3 00:01:18,954 --> 00:01:19,955 [Tires screech] 4 00:01:20,038 --> 00:01:21,164 - —[Horn honks] - Up yours! 5 00:01:21,248 --> 00:01:22,624 [Driver] Get out of the way! 6 00:02:41,119 --> 00:02:42,120 Fine timepiece, brother? 7 00:02:44,706 --> 00:02:45,707 Goodbye. 8 00:02:47,626 --> 00:02:49,628 ["Theme from shaft" continues playing] 9 00:03:35,674 --> 00:03:37,527 [Isaac Hayes] J“ what's the black private dick j“ 10 00:03:37,551 --> 00:03:40,220 thatis a sex machine to all the chicks? J“ 11 00:03:40,303 --> 00:03:41,638 [chorus] J“ shaft j“ 12 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:43,682 [Hayes] J“ damn right j“ 13 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:54,443 J“ who is the man that would risk his neck j“ 14 00:03:54,526 --> 00:03:56,653 j“ for his brother man? J“ 15 00:03:56,737 --> 00:03:57,863 [chorus] J“ shaft j“ 16 00:03:58,488 --> 00:03:59,656 [Hayes] J“ can you digit? J“ 17 00:04:07,748 --> 00:04:12,711 J“ whois the cat that won't cop out when there is danger all about? J“ 18 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:14,045 [chorus] J“ shaft j“ 19 00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:15,255 [Hayes] J“ right on j“ 20 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:18,633 j“ they say this cat is a bad mother — j“ 21 00:04:18,717 --> 00:04:19,777 [chorus] J“ shut yourmouth j“ 22 00:04:19,801 --> 00:04:21,112 [Hayes] J“ I'm talking about shaft j“ 23 00:04:21,136 --> 00:04:22,721 [chorus] J“ then we can d/g it j“ 24 00:04:23,305 --> 00:04:27,476 [Hayes] J“ heis a complicated man but no one understands him j“ 25 00:04:27,559 --> 00:04:29,186 j“ but his woman j“ 26 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:30,687 [chorus] J“ John shaft j“ 27 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:32,272 hey, what's happening, Marty? 28 00:04:32,355 --> 00:04:34,941 Same old sixes and sevens, shaft. 29 00:04:35,025 --> 00:04:39,279 [Stammering] Two guys were looking for you, like, ten minutes ago. 30 00:04:39,362 --> 00:04:41,156 Harlem cats? 31 00:04:41,239 --> 00:04:45,911 How in the hell should I know? Everybody looks the s-s-same to m-m-me. 32 00:04:45,994 --> 00:04:47,579 [Chuckles] 33 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:49,164 Take it easy, Marty. 34 00:04:49,247 --> 00:04:51,291 Take care, shaft. 35 00:05:32,415 --> 00:05:33,542 Thanks, brother. 36 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:41,091 Too much sugar this morning, cul. 37 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:43,677 Then don't drink it, baby. 38 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,970 [Chuckles] 39 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:48,348 [Cul] Couple of dudes from uptown looking for you. 40 00:05:49,641 --> 00:05:50,642 Know them? 41 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:53,937 Not by name. 42 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:55,564 Seen 'em around uptown. 43 00:05:56,314 --> 00:06:00,026 Come in here when I was opening up, asked where they could find you. 44 00:06:00,986 --> 00:06:02,445 What did they look like? 45 00:06:02,529 --> 00:06:06,867 One was wearing a funky plaid coat. Other one was sharp. 46 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:10,787 Fifty-dollar shoes. Black coat, gray flares. 47 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:15,083 - Is that all? - Oh, they had heat on 'em. 48 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:18,128 The one in the funky plaid coat had his hands in his coat pocket. 49 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:20,630 Pulled his coat tight, you dig? 50 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:24,217 Had some heavy iron in his belt. 51 00:06:24,301 --> 00:06:27,053 You know you got a scuff on the toe of this left shoe? 52 00:06:34,185 --> 00:06:35,687 What time you got, Tom? 53 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:37,689 [Tom] 8:16. 54 00:06:40,442 --> 00:06:43,695 Hey, pull over in front of that shoeshine parlor. 55 00:06:43,778 --> 00:06:45,405 He usually hangs out in there. 56 00:06:46,156 --> 00:06:47,157 [Tom] Okay. 57 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:54,873 - You want me to go in? - —no. We'll wait. 58 00:06:59,377 --> 00:07:03,381 Got yourself a nice shine. You can go out and make something of yourself, man. 59 00:07:05,884 --> 00:07:08,261 Go out and get rich and fat like you, huh? 60 00:07:09,054 --> 00:07:10,263 We're straight, baby. 61 00:07:14,893 --> 00:07:16,478 Got a minute, shaft? 62 00:07:16,561 --> 00:07:19,314 Got no use for no dirty postcards, Vic. 63 00:07:19,397 --> 00:07:22,609 - Get off my back, huh? - I just want to talk to you. 64 00:07:22,692 --> 00:07:25,278 Call me up. You know my number. 65 00:07:27,614 --> 00:07:29,950 Come on. I'll buy you a cup of coffee, huh? 66 00:07:30,033 --> 00:07:32,827 - Go sit in the park a minute? - —hell no. 67 00:07:32,911 --> 00:07:35,246 Just tell me what you got to say right here. 68 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:37,958 Uh, Tom, why don't you go get us a couple of cigars? 69 00:07:38,041 --> 00:07:41,086 - What kind do you smoke, shaft? - Just say what you've got to say, Vic. 70 00:07:43,213 --> 00:07:45,465 Get us a couple of El garcias, huh, Tom? 71 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:51,012 Look, I'm late. 72 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:54,224 What you trying to lay on me, huh? 73 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:57,102 Just love, shaft. Got nothing but love and sympathy. 74 00:07:57,185 --> 00:08:00,063 Then we're even. Go on, get on with it. 75 00:08:00,939 --> 00:08:03,233 I thought you might know something I want to know. 76 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:06,736 Seems there's been a lot of low, quiet rumbles going on uptown. 77 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:10,865 Our people have been able to pick up the sounds of it, but no words. 78 00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:14,077 That's 'cause us black folk talk mushmouth, lieutenant. 79 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:18,373 - I thought we were gonna get to it. - We did. 80 00:08:18,456 --> 00:08:21,584 But you want me to pigeon. I just said, "up yours, baby." 81 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:23,086 [Chuckles] 82 00:08:23,753 --> 00:08:25,630 How come a couple of cats from Harlem 83 00:08:25,714 --> 00:08:28,174 come downtown this morning looking for John shaft? 84 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:32,012 Well, they're soul brothers. 85 00:08:32,095 --> 00:08:34,264 They came down so I could teach them the handshake. 86 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:37,017 They find you? 87 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:38,768 Of course. I wasn't hiding. 88 00:08:40,603 --> 00:08:44,065 You find out anything, give me a call. I'm still at the 38th precinct. 89 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,526 Right on. 90 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:49,404 Hey, where the hell are you going, shaft? 91 00:08:50,947 --> 00:08:53,658 To get laid. Where the hell you going? [Laughing] 92 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,915 That boy's got a lot of mouth on him. 93 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:08,089 Boy's man enough to back it up too. 94 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:11,009 What did he tell you? 95 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,303 Nothing. 96 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:15,221 Gotta lean on that kind. 97 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:18,516 You don't lean on that kind. 98 00:09:21,686 --> 00:09:23,188 Uh, give me a package ofgum. 99 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:03,603 [Grunts] 100 00:10:03,686 --> 00:10:05,688 Make a noise and I'll cut you in two. Back up. 101 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:08,149 Something wrong, Mr. Shaft? —sick friend here. 102 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:09,901 Jim, can you get us a car up? 103 00:10:15,156 --> 00:10:16,449 I'll take that. 104 00:10:18,493 --> 00:10:19,744 Now be cool, man. 105 00:10:31,339 --> 00:10:32,715 Where's your partner? 106 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:43,476 Open the door. 107 00:11:20,638 --> 00:11:22,432 [Yells] 108 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:25,351 [People screaming, clamoring] 109 00:11:29,147 --> 00:11:33,067 You got about a half a minute to tell me what the hell you want with me. 110 00:11:33,151 --> 00:11:34,402 The police are gonna be up here 111 00:11:34,485 --> 00:11:36,685 asking why you threw that son of a bitch out the window. 112 00:11:38,489 --> 00:11:41,868 Now, they can find you dead or alive. Now, what's your goddamn story? 113 00:11:41,951 --> 00:11:44,120 - [Sirens wailing in distance] - —bumpy... 114 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:48,124 Bumpy sent us to bring you uptown. 115 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:49,500 Did he tell you to mess me up? 116 00:11:50,668 --> 00:11:51,669 [Spits] 117 00:11:52,837 --> 00:11:56,090 - Said I was to bring you. - [Sirens grow louder] 118 00:11:59,219 --> 00:12:00,929 It doesn't make sense. 119 00:12:01,012 --> 00:12:04,015 You arrive at your office. You have a sick friend with you. 120 00:12:04,098 --> 00:12:07,185 Suddenly, another man you don't know rushes up and a fight starts. 121 00:12:07,268 --> 00:12:09,979 Your sick friend goes out the window. Why, Mr. Shaft? 122 00:12:11,773 --> 00:12:14,275 Ask the man who started the fight, Mr. Leibowitz. 123 00:12:14,359 --> 00:12:17,195 Your friend, the only name you know him by is "Tex"? 124 00:12:17,278 --> 00:12:19,322 -No last name? —that's right. 125 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:20,782 I don't buy that, shaft. 126 00:12:20,865 --> 00:12:22,659 I think you know more than you're letting on. 127 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,244 Why that fight started, for instance. 128 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,914 What you think and what you can prove are two different bags. 129 00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:34,629 All your friends walk around with weapons like that in their pockets? 130 00:12:35,463 --> 00:12:37,257 That depends. 131 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:40,218 My negro friends don't walk around with rabbits' feet no more. 132 00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:43,471 Don't get wise with me, shaft. There's a very simple way for me to go. 133 00:12:43,554 --> 00:12:45,014 I'll pull your goddamn ass in! 134 00:12:45,098 --> 00:12:47,308 And I'll sue your goddamn ass for false arrest. 135 00:12:47,392 --> 00:12:50,603 Do you expect me to believe that man went out the window the way you said he did? 136 00:12:50,687 --> 00:12:54,148 - —What do I look like? Some kind of klutz? - Don't ask, and I won't tell you. 137 00:12:54,232 --> 00:12:55,233 [Snorts] 138 00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:56,919 [Leibowitz] You're licensed by the city and the state. 139 00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:58,069 Nobody who's licensed 140 00:12:58,152 --> 00:13:00,989 can afford to be a wise ass where a felony case is involved. 141 00:13:01,072 --> 00:13:03,283 Are you suggesting I could lose my license? 142 00:13:03,366 --> 00:13:06,327 You're damn right I am. You'd better believe it and level with me. 143 00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:10,415 Threatening my livelihood is a violation of my rights, isn't it, Vic? 144 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:16,212 Uh, Byron... 145 00:13:19,882 --> 00:13:22,635 Why don't you let me have a talk with him in private? 146 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:26,014 You got an assailant to interview. 147 00:13:26,097 --> 00:13:28,599 Start that and I'll join you after we talk. 148 00:13:28,683 --> 00:13:33,187 I think you're bs'ing me too, Vic. This thing stinks. 149 00:13:33,271 --> 00:13:35,064 [Chuckles] 150 00:13:50,371 --> 00:13:53,249 Maybe he didn't like the handshake you taught him, huh, John? 151 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:58,004 You know you can get your rump in a sling for this mess? 152 00:13:58,087 --> 00:14:00,006 Static. A lot of hassle. 153 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:03,676 Ah, you'll save me, Vic. —well, I can try. 154 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:04,969 If? 155 00:14:05,762 --> 00:14:07,805 One hand washes the other, John. 156 00:14:07,889 --> 00:14:09,599 All the static and hassle in the world 157 00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:11,809 wouldn't make me sing a song for the police, Vic. 158 00:14:13,227 --> 00:14:14,312 No way, baby. 159 00:14:16,147 --> 00:14:19,275 That cat you threw out the window was a fiunky for bumpy Jonas. You know that. 160 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,737 I didn't throw no cat out no window, lieutenant. 161 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:24,447 Bumpy isn't gonna like it. 162 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:28,284 I don't give a damn what he likes. What the hell are you pumping me for, huh? 163 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:30,244 Two weeks ago, we started picking up rumbles. 164 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:35,416 - You already said that. - We know it's not the panthers. 165 00:14:36,459 --> 00:14:39,379 Or the young lords. But something's on the boil, John. 166 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,983 I just want to know what it is before we need an adding machine 167 00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:44,425 to start counting up the bodies. 168 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,847 Bumpy wants you for something. He knows what's going on. 169 00:14:49,931 --> 00:14:53,142 And that's what I want to know. Not who, just what. 170 00:14:54,644 --> 00:14:58,439 Warms my black heart to see you so concerned 'bout us minority folks. 171 00:15:00,608 --> 00:15:03,152 Oh, come on, shaft. What is it with this black shit? 172 00:15:04,862 --> 00:15:07,824 Huh? You ain't so black. 173 00:15:09,951 --> 00:15:12,620 And you ain't so white, baby. [Chuckling] 174 00:15:14,956 --> 00:15:16,165 All right. 175 00:15:17,291 --> 00:15:20,086 You want to play your super heavy black number? 176 00:15:21,963 --> 00:15:23,506 I'm gonna play mine. 177 00:15:24,841 --> 00:15:29,595 We can nail your tail for manslaughter on what we got on you right now. 178 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:32,265 Now, you can waltz leibowitz, but you know the law. 179 00:15:32,348 --> 00:15:33,808 You could be charged. 180 00:15:34,559 --> 00:15:36,018 Charge, lieutenant. 181 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:38,479 Yeah, but your license will be suspended. 182 00:15:38,563 --> 00:15:41,357 You'll be out of business for six months. 183 00:15:42,358 --> 00:15:44,444 You want to be out of business for six months, shaft? 184 00:15:45,736 --> 00:15:48,656 Out on the street. No gun permit. 185 00:15:48,739 --> 00:15:49,991 Six months, 186 00:15:50,074 --> 00:15:54,245 with bumpy looking for you and what sounds like all hell about to break loose. 187 00:15:54,328 --> 00:15:55,538 If you want it, you got it. 188 00:15:57,373 --> 00:15:59,417 You scare me to death, lieutenant. 189 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:03,171 Hey, you're buying trouble not only for yourself, but a bloodbath up in Harlem. 190 00:16:03,254 --> 00:16:04,255 You want that? 191 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:10,511 All I'm asking you is to let me know what's going on. 192 00:16:10,595 --> 00:16:12,722 No names, no places, just what. 193 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:17,643 I'm not asking you to sell out. 194 00:16:17,727 --> 00:16:18,728 Just... 195 00:16:20,271 --> 00:16:22,565 Tell me the name of the game, so I know the rules. 196 00:16:38,206 --> 00:16:39,290 I'll think about it. 197 00:16:42,543 --> 00:16:44,504 All right, I'll settle for that now. 198 00:16:45,421 --> 00:16:49,175 That buys you 48 hours out on the street, and then we're gonna talk again. 199 00:16:50,092 --> 00:16:53,387 You got the number of bumpy's private phone? 200 00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:54,514 Mm—hmm. 201 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:56,390 All right. 202 00:16:57,266 --> 00:16:59,310 Take off. I'll see to leibowitz. 203 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,022 Right on. 204 00:17:04,982 --> 00:17:06,067 I'll see you. 205 00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:16,994 Look at that. 206 00:17:35,304 --> 00:17:38,307 [Phone ringing] 207 00:17:54,532 --> 00:17:55,658 Wrong number. 208 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:57,785 Don't bull me, man. I got the right number. 209 00:17:57,868 --> 00:18:00,913 - — This is shaft. - How the hell did you get this number? 210 00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:03,749 Off a bathroom wall in a goddamn subway. 211 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:07,878 - Been looking for you, shaft. - I got an office. 212 00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:21,434 Here you are. 213 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:23,102 Thanks. 214 00:18:23,185 --> 00:18:24,812 Bag of chestnuts, please. 215 00:18:24,895 --> 00:18:28,024 - Cold as hell today, huh? - Yeah, yeah. 216 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:30,776 Good chestnuts. Good chestnuts. 217 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:33,279 - —How much? - Two bits. 218 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:35,323 - There you go. Take it easy. - —thanks. 219 00:18:35,406 --> 00:18:36,699 Hey, taxi! 220 00:18:40,661 --> 00:18:41,996 -[Tires screech] —[Engine revs] 221 00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:43,748 What the hell is this? 222 00:18:44,582 --> 00:18:45,958 You white mother. 223 00:18:48,544 --> 00:18:49,879 Taxi! Taxi! 224 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:37,468 Cat say he's gonna be here, he should be here. 225 00:19:37,551 --> 00:19:38,719 Open it up. 226 00:20:07,832 --> 00:20:09,750 Cat say he gonna be here... 227 00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:12,628 And he ain't. 228 00:20:14,964 --> 00:20:17,758 It ain't right, boss. 229 00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:19,927 We'll wait. 230 00:20:23,180 --> 00:20:27,226 You take crap off of him, he'll give you some more crap. 231 00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:29,603 We'll wait. 232 00:20:31,147 --> 00:20:32,940 That's some cold shit... 233 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,610 Throwing my man Leroy out the window. 234 00:20:37,987 --> 00:20:42,366 Just picked my man up and threw him out the goddamn window. 235 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:47,705 Got us standing around and waiting to say thank you. 236 00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:55,087 Glad you let yourself in, bumpy. 237 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:59,300 Give me a bad name, have you hanging around in the hall. 238 00:21:00,885 --> 00:21:02,303 Look, 239 00:21:02,386 --> 00:21:08,017 if the man ever comes down here again to see you, 240 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:11,103 you make sure you be here, 241 00:21:11,187 --> 00:21:12,188 waiting. 242 00:21:13,355 --> 00:21:14,982 You're in my chair. 243 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,168 Wait outside. 244 00:21:43,719 --> 00:21:46,138 Sims and Leroy tried to muscle you, shaft? 245 00:21:47,765 --> 00:21:48,766 Yup. 246 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,353 Well, I got no grudge about Leroy. 247 00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:54,188 I couldn't give a damn. 248 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:55,815 I got a job for you. 249 00:21:56,941 --> 00:21:58,818 I'm not on no hustle, bumpy. 250 00:21:58,901 --> 00:22:00,110 A detective job. 251 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:04,406 What kind? —your kind. You take it. 252 00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:08,744 Don'tjive me, man. What kind of fucking job you talking about? 253 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:11,038 Somebody kidnapped my daughter Marcy. 254 00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:12,915 Done in a couple of people. 255 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:17,294 Didn't leave no ransom note or nothing. And nobody saw nothing. 256 00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:20,130 I want you to find her. That's the fucking job. 257 00:22:20,214 --> 00:22:22,007 [Siren wailing in distance] 258 00:22:22,091 --> 00:22:24,510 Police got a whole unit does that kind of work free. 259 00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:27,721 Not for me. You know I can't go to the cops. 260 00:22:28,639 --> 00:22:29,974 And you want me, huh? 261 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:32,184 Spade detective. 262 00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:35,855 Yeah, I want you 'cause you're a black spade detective. 263 00:22:35,938 --> 00:22:38,607 And I want you 'cause you got your other foot in whitey's trough. 264 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:40,234 Now, she could be anywhere. 265 00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:44,530 Got any idea who grabbed her? 266 00:22:47,324 --> 00:22:49,076 A lot of cats hate my guts. 267 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:53,998 Sweet, loving dude like you? 268 00:22:54,957 --> 00:22:56,292 Sweet-talking a man's old lady 269 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:58,419 while you're beating her old man out of his paycheck 270 00:22:58,502 --> 00:23:00,087 in the back room of a horse parlor? 271 00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:02,131 Feeding his kid shit to shoot in his arm? 272 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,760 Who could hate you, bumpy? 273 00:23:07,845 --> 00:23:12,808 My baby never sold nothing to nobody. Never took nothing from nobody. 274 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:16,395 She's a straight kid. She's going to college. 275 00:23:18,564 --> 00:23:21,025 Whoever grabbed her got her to get at me. 276 00:23:22,484 --> 00:23:26,530 They have a beef with me, they should come to me. 277 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,658 So you got a rule that somebody else don't. 278 00:23:35,205 --> 00:23:36,582 Is that all you know? 279 00:23:37,458 --> 00:23:41,712 There's a piece of Harlem I can't get at, the one them militants got an arm on. 280 00:23:42,546 --> 00:23:46,050 They could have my baby. She's been into some of that stuff. 281 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:50,262 Bunch calls themselves the lumumbas. 282 00:23:50,346 --> 00:23:51,889 Ben buford's thing. 283 00:23:52,890 --> 00:23:55,142 I could send my people to ask them. 284 00:23:55,225 --> 00:23:57,227 [Scoffs] Shit. 285 00:23:58,020 --> 00:24:00,314 Come to a shoot-out, and when it's all over... 286 00:24:01,315 --> 00:24:02,858 A bunch of dead cats. 287 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:05,778 And maybe they'd kill Marcy. 288 00:24:08,906 --> 00:24:10,407 Yeah, you're papa pimp to them. 289 00:24:12,368 --> 00:24:15,454 They want to see you burn just as bad as they want to see the police burn. 290 00:24:16,246 --> 00:24:18,499 But kidnapping sisters, man, that ain't their thing. 291 00:24:18,582 --> 00:24:21,335 Look, the only reason anybody grabs anybody for is money. 292 00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:22,920 Now, you tell me, 293 00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:26,173 what other bunch in Harlem needs money bad enough to grab my baby? 294 00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:28,008 If you believe that, what's all this shit 295 00:24:28,092 --> 00:24:30,292 about me having one foot in whitey's trough, huh, bumpy? 296 00:24:30,344 --> 00:24:33,263 I said I think they had her. I didn't say they had her in Harlem. 297 00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:35,849 They ain't dumb enough to take her some place uptown. 298 00:24:38,185 --> 00:24:39,353 Nah. It don't lay right. 299 00:24:39,436 --> 00:24:42,272 What the hell you think I need you for if I knew who had her? 300 00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:46,235 I'm guessing. 301 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:49,113 If they don't have her, all right. 302 00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:51,699 Maybe they know something. 303 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,284 I got nothing. 304 00:24:55,244 --> 00:24:56,578 That's the job, shaft. 305 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:00,624 You take it or no? 306 00:25:05,379 --> 00:25:07,589 I get 50 bucks an hour, 307 00:25:08,298 --> 00:25:09,842 plus expenses. 308 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,804 And no questions asked about how I spend it. 309 00:25:15,055 --> 00:25:16,056 You got it. 310 00:25:16,765 --> 00:25:19,059 I get a free hand to move any way I want. 311 00:25:19,143 --> 00:25:20,519 You... 312 00:25:23,731 --> 00:25:25,607 [Voice breaking] You find my baby. 313 00:25:28,402 --> 00:25:29,695 That's all I want. 314 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:34,491 I got money. 315 00:25:36,744 --> 00:25:37,995 You spend it. 316 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:41,665 And you find her. 317 00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:56,597 Now, that'll get you started. 318 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:16,742 When will I hear from you? 319 00:26:21,163 --> 00:26:22,623 When I got something to say. 320 00:26:26,126 --> 00:26:27,461 One more thing. 321 00:26:30,506 --> 00:26:32,341 You send another cat after me with a gun, 322 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:34,885 I'll kill the motherfucker and I'll come looking for you. 323 00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:39,014 And I'll get you, bumpy. You believe it. 324 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:52,653 [Door opens] 325 00:26:53,529 --> 00:26:54,530 [Door closes] 326 00:27:01,411 --> 00:27:03,997 [Scoffs] Fake mother. 327 00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:07,126 ["Soulsville" playing] 328 00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:16,093 [Isaac Hayes] J“ black man born free j“ 329 00:27:16,176 --> 00:27:17,678 hey, Joe. You seen Ben buford around? 330 00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:20,514 J“ at least thatis the way ltis supposed to be j“ 331 00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:24,685 j“ chains that bind mm are hard to see j“ 332 00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:28,397 j“ unless you take this walk with me j“ 333 00:27:29,231 --> 00:27:32,693 j“ the place where he lives j“ 334 00:27:32,776 --> 00:27:36,029 j“ has got plenty of names j“ 335 00:27:36,113 --> 00:27:37,114 j“ slums... j“ 336 00:27:37,197 --> 00:27:40,701 Ben buford used to live here. He live here anymore? 337 00:27:41,577 --> 00:27:43,328 No. Why? 338 00:27:43,412 --> 00:27:44,955 I'm looking for him. 339 00:27:45,038 --> 00:27:47,583 Hell, I am too. He owes me six months' rent. 340 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:49,293 [Laughs] 341 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:50,627 Take it easy. 342 00:27:53,547 --> 00:27:57,301 J“ any kind of job is hard to find j“ 343 00:27:57,384 --> 00:28:01,346 j“ and that means an increase in the welfare line j“ 344 00:28:01,430 --> 00:28:05,434 j“ cnme rate is rising too j“ 345 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:09,021 j“ if you were hung/y, what would you do? J“ 346 00:28:09,730 --> 00:28:12,900 j“ rent is two months past due j“ 347 00:28:13,609 --> 00:28:17,237 j“ in a budding thatis falling apart j“ 348 00:28:17,905 --> 00:28:21,533 j“ little boy who needs a pair of shoes j“ 349 00:28:21,617 --> 00:28:26,330 -j“ and this is only a part of j“ -[Chorus] J“ sou/svi/le j“ 350 00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:29,750 hello, ma'am. I'm looking for a guy named Ben buford. You know him? 351 00:28:29,833 --> 00:28:32,169 - —Yeah, I know him. - Seen him around here lately? 352 00:28:32,252 --> 00:28:35,839 Mmm, not in along while. —thank you. 353 00:28:35,923 --> 00:28:38,050 J“ some of the brothers got plenty of cash j“ 354 00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:41,511 j“ tricks on the corner gonna see to that j“ 355 00:28:42,179 --> 00:28:46,183 j“ some I/ke to smoke, some I/ke to blow j“ 356 00:28:46,266 --> 00:28:50,062 j“ some are even strung out on a $50 Jones j“ 357 00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:54,149 j“ some are trying to ditch reality j“ 358 00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:57,986 j“ by getting so, so h/gh j“ 359 00:28:59,196 --> 00:29:04,076 j“ only to find out that you can never touch the sky j“ 360 00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:06,995 looking for a guy named Ben buford. Seen him around? 361 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:09,331 No, I ain't seen him. I ain't seen him. 362 00:29:09,998 --> 00:29:11,041 Thanks. 363 00:29:11,124 --> 00:29:13,752 Hey. Know what the number was today? 364 00:29:14,628 --> 00:29:17,798 J“ every Sunday morning j“ 365 00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:21,843 j“ / can hear the old sisters say j“ 366 00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:25,555 [chorus] J“ hallelujah, hallelujah j“ 367 00:29:25,639 --> 00:29:27,799 -[Hayes] J“ trust in the lord j“ -[No audible dialogue] 368 00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:31,144 -[Chorus] J“ he 'i/ make a way j“ -[Hayes] J“ oh, yeah j“ 369 00:29:31,228 --> 00:29:34,398 j“ lhope that he hears their prayers j“ 370 00:29:35,315 --> 00:29:38,443 j“ 'cause deep in their souls they believe j“ 371 00:29:39,903 --> 00:29:42,823 j“ someday he 'i/ put an end j“ 372 00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:46,034 j“ to all this misery j“ 373 00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:48,620 j“ that's in j“ -[Chorus] J“ sou/svi/le j“ 374 00:29:48,704 --> 00:29:50,580 [Hayes vocalizing] 375 00:29:54,835 --> 00:29:57,045 [Chorus] J“ souls vrl/e j“ 376 00:30:02,759 --> 00:30:05,012 J“ souls ville j“ 377 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,058 [Hayes vocalizing] 378 00:30:11,018 --> 00:30:13,228 [Chorus] J“ souls vrl/e j“ 379 00:30:14,855 --> 00:30:17,441 hey, bunky. What's happening? —hey, man. How's it going? 380 00:30:17,524 --> 00:30:18,567 Seen Ben? 381 00:30:20,235 --> 00:30:22,029 Ben? Ben who? 382 00:30:22,112 --> 00:30:24,156 Ben buford. You know who I mean, man. 383 00:30:24,948 --> 00:30:27,617 Hey, man, I don't know no Ben buford. 384 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:30,203 Twenty. 385 00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:33,832 [Chuckling] Oh. That Ben buford. 386 00:30:33,915 --> 00:30:37,461 He's holed up on a place on Amsterdam, 710. 387 00:30:38,253 --> 00:30:39,463 What apartment and what time? 388 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:44,176 Third floor. There's a meeting at 9:00. 389 00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:46,928 I can't guarantee it. 390 00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:49,723 I just heard some cat tell another cat. 391 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,809 And they're both in the movement with Ben, dig? 392 00:30:55,228 --> 00:30:57,189 Yeah, well, stay loose, baby. 393 00:31:28,053 --> 00:31:29,429 You all right? 394 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,140 Baby, are you all right? 395 00:31:33,517 --> 00:31:37,813 I got to feeling like a machine. That's no way to feel. 396 00:31:41,274 --> 00:31:42,567 Come here, baby. 397 00:32:38,707 --> 00:32:40,542 [Ellie moaning] 398 00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:59,019 Had a visitor from uptown this afternoon, John. 399 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,398 - What are you having? - Give me a dog with mustard and onions. 400 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:06,693 No. Hold the onions. 401 00:33:10,739 --> 00:33:11,865 Cold, huh? 402 00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:18,288 Well, John, what did you get? 403 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:27,005 I got laid. 404 00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:47,150 [Engine starts] 405 00:33:47,234 --> 00:33:50,820 Uptown, brother. Amsterdam Avenue. Take your time. I'm early. 406 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:45,417 -Hey, champ, you lost? —no. 407 00:34:46,626 --> 00:34:48,920 -You live around here? —yeah. 408 00:34:50,463 --> 00:34:51,464 You look cold. 409 00:34:51,548 --> 00:34:53,592 [Whispers] Cold. 410 00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:58,869 Get yourself something to eat, okay? 411 00:35:00,473 --> 00:35:01,975 Gee, thanks, mister. 412 00:35:02,058 --> 00:35:03,602 Okay, champ. 413 00:35:33,548 --> 00:35:35,550 [People laughing] 414 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:37,636 [Upbeat pop music playing on radio] 415 00:35:39,346 --> 00:35:41,973 [Dog barking] 416 00:35:57,405 --> 00:36:00,200 - [Chafiefing] - [Music continues playing] 417 00:36:07,791 --> 00:36:11,461 [Dog barking] 418 00:36:21,638 --> 00:36:23,056 [Knocking continues] 419 00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:25,058 - —Who is it? - John shaft, Ben. 420 00:36:28,269 --> 00:36:29,270 Get the door. 421 00:36:44,369 --> 00:36:47,539 Unless you want more visitors, you better split up that pair out front. 422 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:51,960 Put somebody on the basement door. 423 00:36:53,503 --> 00:36:57,632 - —How did you find me? - Wasn't hard. You got a big mouth. 424 00:36:59,634 --> 00:37:01,761 - Cool it, man. - You cool it, boy. 425 00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:07,392 Don't let your mouth get your ass in trouble. 426 00:37:10,687 --> 00:37:13,398 - [Ben] I ain't got nothin' to say to you. - —don'tjive me. 427 00:37:14,941 --> 00:37:17,152 We've put in a lot of street time together. 428 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:21,406 Yeah, well, that was a long time back. I don't know you no more. 429 00:37:21,489 --> 00:37:25,493 A lot of hard years, man. The kind you don't forget. 430 00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:33,293 Now, I'm gonna give you one minute to say what you came here to say. 431 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,755 And after you've said it, you go back out that door you came in 432 00:37:36,838 --> 00:37:38,089 or I'll throw you out. 433 00:37:40,383 --> 00:37:42,844 - You know Marcy Jonas? - —yeah, why? 434 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:45,597 - —You know where she is? - What do you mean? 435 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,182 Somebody grabbed her. 436 00:37:48,349 --> 00:37:50,059 Bumpy thinks maybe it was you. 437 00:37:50,143 --> 00:37:51,936 [Chuckling] 438 00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:55,231 We don't do that kind of thing, man. 439 00:37:55,315 --> 00:37:57,150 You know anything about the kidnapping? 440 00:37:59,152 --> 00:38:01,237 Okay, Tom, you used up your minute. Get out! 441 00:38:01,321 --> 00:38:03,615 Don't "Tom" me, man. —[Machine gun firing] 442 00:38:03,698 --> 00:38:05,074 -Where are the guns? —none here. 443 00:38:05,158 --> 00:38:07,118 - [Screaming] - I'll be goddamned! 444 00:38:07,202 --> 00:38:09,454 [Groaning] 445 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:13,750 -Sonny! Sonny! —they're coming! 446 00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:15,752 - Up over the roof, Ben? - Yeah, yeah. Go! 447 00:38:19,339 --> 00:38:21,633 - He's dead. - Come on. Come on! 448 00:38:23,009 --> 00:38:24,844 Not the roof. This way! 449 00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:28,515 [Baby crying] 450 00:38:33,436 --> 00:38:34,521 Stand back. 451 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:38,316 What is this? —everything's gonna be all right, ma'am. 452 00:38:38,399 --> 00:38:40,401 - —What is this? - Just go over there and be quiet. 453 00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:51,788 [Screaming] 454 00:38:53,248 --> 00:38:54,415 [Bodies thudding] 455 00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:02,131 [Dog barking in distance] 456 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,039 Everything's okay, ma'am. No need to worry. 457 00:39:36,583 --> 00:39:38,126 I'm sorry about your door. 458 00:39:38,793 --> 00:39:40,128 That'll take care of it. 459 00:39:42,297 --> 00:39:44,048 You set us up, man! 460 00:39:46,175 --> 00:39:47,969 Young man, please. 461 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:49,804 Don't do that. 462 00:39:50,597 --> 00:39:52,932 Don't ever threaten me again. 463 00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:55,476 And don't call me Judas. 464 00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:17,165 [Dog barking] 465 00:40:37,352 --> 00:40:40,104 Come on, man. It's no time to count your dead. Come on. 466 00:40:40,188 --> 00:40:43,107 [Sirens wailing, faint] 467 00:40:55,703 --> 00:40:56,704 Look. 468 00:40:59,082 --> 00:41:02,126 [Gasps, screams] 469 00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:05,755 Come on! 470 00:41:11,678 --> 00:41:12,679 This way. This way! 471 00:41:17,433 --> 00:41:18,518 One of yours? 472 00:41:20,186 --> 00:41:22,271 No. —probably a finger man. 473 00:41:24,482 --> 00:41:27,110 [Sirens continue wailing, faint] 474 00:41:38,371 --> 00:41:42,583 When you lead that revolution, whitey better be standing still, 475 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:44,460 'cause you don't run worth a damn no more. 476 00:41:44,544 --> 00:41:46,045 We're done running, man. 477 00:41:46,129 --> 00:41:47,839 What the hell do you call this, man? 478 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:49,924 [Sirens continue wailing, louder] 479 00:42:09,235 --> 00:42:12,488 I gotta find out if they're after you or me. 480 00:42:23,082 --> 00:42:26,377 Gonna leave you with some friends. They're straight people. 481 00:42:26,461 --> 00:42:29,589 So don't you lay any of that uncle Tom jive on them. 482 00:42:35,803 --> 00:42:38,806 I don't know what's connected to what, captain. I can't piece them together. 483 00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:41,225 [Phone rings] —answer that. 484 00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:44,228 Look, it's only a half an hour since it happened. 485 00:42:44,312 --> 00:42:46,623 How the hell do you figure I should have something this soon? 486 00:42:46,647 --> 00:42:47,982 Yeah, but he's on the other line. 487 00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:49,986 - I don't get paid enough to worry... - —hang on. 488 00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:52,862 About what the police commissioner or the mayor thinks. 489 00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:55,156 It's shaft. Do you want to talk to him? 490 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,575 I got a call. I might have something. Hold on. 491 00:42:58,159 --> 00:43:00,620 No. Better I call you back. 492 00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:04,415 - —Shaft? - Coming down to see you, Vic. 493 00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:08,628 - Think you been holding out on me. - I'll wait. 494 00:43:08,711 --> 00:43:11,380 Listen, several cats were killed up in Harlem tonight. 495 00:43:11,464 --> 00:43:13,216 You know anything about it? 496 00:43:13,299 --> 00:43:15,927 I was there, lieutenant. 497 00:43:19,514 --> 00:43:22,809 [Phone ringing] 498 00:43:22,892 --> 00:43:26,729 Um... the captain's at home. Why don't you call him back? 499 00:43:26,813 --> 00:43:29,107 Tell him I had to go out, chase down a lead. 500 00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:31,943 - —Where you going? - Nowhere. Just get him off my back. 501 00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:34,487 A reporter from the news wants an interview. 502 00:43:36,405 --> 00:43:39,325 Tell him to call the captain. Serves the old bastard right. 503 00:43:41,202 --> 00:43:43,996 This is that list from intelligence section. 504 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,164 What about the pictures? 505 00:43:45,248 --> 00:43:48,668 They're getting them together now. Said about five minutes. 506 00:43:48,751 --> 00:43:51,671 Uh, shaft's coming down. Send him right in. 507 00:44:06,352 --> 00:44:09,272 Dina will get you a bed made up. Why don't you get some sleep, man? 508 00:44:11,357 --> 00:44:13,693 Got some dead brothers laying out there. 509 00:44:14,819 --> 00:44:16,737 And this ain't where I should be. 510 00:44:16,821 --> 00:44:19,824 Till we find out why they're dead, this is the only place for you to be. 511 00:44:20,992 --> 00:44:23,369 - —You think like a white man. - And you don't think at all. 512 00:44:23,452 --> 00:44:25,681 - You want to get wasted? - If that's what it takes, yeah! 513 00:44:25,705 --> 00:44:28,624 [Singsongy] Marvin's sleeping. 514 00:44:33,379 --> 00:44:36,140 I'll find out what I can and come back and pick you up in the morning. 515 00:44:37,925 --> 00:44:40,428 If you think I'm gonna owe you for this, man, you're wrong. 516 00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:42,555 Ben, you got nothing I want. 517 00:44:44,056 --> 00:44:46,100 Ben, you can have the girls' room. 518 00:44:50,313 --> 00:44:54,025 Dee, I gotta go out. Got an extra key so I don't have to wake you when I come back? 519 00:45:02,617 --> 00:45:05,244 This will open the downstairs door too. 520 00:45:06,370 --> 00:45:09,624 - Watch your mouth, man. - —I'ii say any damn thing I want. 521 00:45:10,416 --> 00:45:13,336 Not in this house. Not here, you won't. 522 00:45:16,172 --> 00:45:17,632 [Shaft chuckles] 523 00:45:37,777 --> 00:45:41,030 - Have a chair, John. - —I don't like your chair. 524 00:45:43,449 --> 00:45:45,576 You gave me nothing, Vic. 525 00:45:45,660 --> 00:45:47,220 You want to lock me up for manslaughter 526 00:45:47,245 --> 00:45:49,372 because some dude went out my office window... 527 00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:52,500 You can go ahead and do it. 528 00:45:52,583 --> 00:45:54,168 We got no deal. 529 00:45:56,087 --> 00:45:59,507 I had nothing else to give you then. That's straight. 530 00:46:00,174 --> 00:46:03,177 - So what do you got now? - One question first. 531 00:46:03,261 --> 00:46:06,931 Anybody who could identify those guys with machine guns got wiped out. 532 00:46:07,014 --> 00:46:11,978 Yeah. Five of Ben buford's people and probably the guy that fingered you. 533 00:46:12,770 --> 00:46:15,690 Me? Are you sure it's me? 534 00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:19,944 I'd be sure if I knew if the guys were black or white. 535 00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:21,821 I make it 80-20 they were after you, 536 00:46:21,904 --> 00:46:24,282 but bumpy could probably tell you that for sure. 537 00:46:24,365 --> 00:46:26,117 Just say what you got, man. 538 00:46:28,202 --> 00:46:29,745 Couple of things that may fit. 539 00:46:32,164 --> 00:46:35,459 Do you remember my telling you that bumpy was doubling his crews up in Harlem? 540 00:46:36,669 --> 00:46:38,963 So, downtown we get some visitors. 541 00:46:39,046 --> 00:46:43,718 Three guys from la, two from Phoenix, a guy from decatur, Illinois, 542 00:46:43,801 --> 00:46:45,636 uh, four guys from Philly. 543 00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:47,638 Altogether about 15 that we're sure of. 544 00:46:48,764 --> 00:46:50,099 Special guys, huh? 545 00:46:50,182 --> 00:46:52,268 All suspected of being guns for the mafia. 546 00:46:52,351 --> 00:46:53,769 Just got into town. 547 00:46:53,853 --> 00:46:57,565 Most of them are staying at some hotel down in the village. Taking in the sights. 548 00:47:00,609 --> 00:47:03,321 - Is that it? - —no, one thing more. 549 00:47:04,363 --> 00:47:07,241 Couple dudes from Harlem go across to Jersey. 550 00:47:07,908 --> 00:47:11,245 Uh, try to kidnap some mafia bigwig. They blew it. 551 00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:13,122 They killed the guy's runner. 552 00:47:13,205 --> 00:47:16,459 But the man maintains that his runner was in Florida on a fishing trip. 553 00:47:19,712 --> 00:47:22,256 - —Looks like war coming, huh? - It's a bad thing, John. 554 00:47:22,923 --> 00:47:25,885 Mafia against bumpy. It's hood against hood, on the inside. 555 00:47:25,968 --> 00:47:28,137 But on the outside, it's black against white. 556 00:47:30,139 --> 00:47:34,226 Could be we could have tanks and troops on Broadway if this thing breaks open. 557 00:47:35,811 --> 00:47:37,188 Yeah, you got a point. 558 00:47:38,147 --> 00:47:40,316 Here's what some of our visitors look like. 559 00:47:42,610 --> 00:47:45,529 - [Shaft] Be a good time for it. - —[Vic] What, a war? 560 00:47:45,613 --> 00:47:47,990 [Shaft chuckles] Fishing down in Florida. 561 00:47:48,574 --> 00:47:51,327 You know, it might help if! Knew what bumpy hired you for. 562 00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:53,454 - Never said he did. - He did. 563 00:47:54,747 --> 00:47:57,792 It's against my ethics to say yes or no, Vic. 564 00:47:57,875 --> 00:48:00,544 - He put you on the spot, shaft. - —he did? 565 00:48:01,837 --> 00:48:04,131 You're a very wise Caucasian, Vic. 566 00:48:05,341 --> 00:48:09,553 I'll be here. Uh, if I'm not, call me at home. 567 00:48:10,513 --> 00:48:11,972 That's a comfort. 568 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,441 [Phone rings] 569 00:48:22,525 --> 00:48:24,610 - —Hello? - [Shaft] Hello, baby. 570 00:48:24,693 --> 00:48:25,986 [Sighs] I waited up. 571 00:48:26,862 --> 00:48:29,115 - Sorry. I can't make it. - You got problems, baby? 572 00:48:29,198 --> 00:48:30,533 [Chuckles] 573 00:48:30,616 --> 00:48:32,368 Yeah, I got a couple of them. 574 00:48:33,202 --> 00:48:34,870 I was born black 575 00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:37,123 and I was born poor. 576 00:48:37,206 --> 00:48:38,833 [Chuckles] 577 00:48:38,916 --> 00:48:39,917 I love you. 578 00:48:41,961 --> 00:48:43,212 Yeah, I know. 579 00:48:44,213 --> 00:48:45,381 Take it easy. 580 00:48:59,019 --> 00:49:00,980 Hey. Get up. 581 00:49:01,981 --> 00:49:03,441 We've got a man to see. 582 00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:06,068 Yeah. 583 00:49:17,496 --> 00:49:18,956 [Knocking on door] 584 00:49:22,084 --> 00:49:23,752 See who that is, will you? 585 00:49:35,014 --> 00:49:36,056 Shafi. 586 00:49:38,601 --> 00:49:39,768 Let him in. 587 00:49:51,947 --> 00:49:54,783 - I've got an appointment with bumpy. - —I know all about it. 588 00:49:57,328 --> 00:49:59,788 Got to see if you're clean before you can see the man. 589 00:49:59,872 --> 00:50:01,499 [Scoffs] 590 00:50:01,582 --> 00:50:03,918 Better get yourself six more helpers then, Willy. 591 00:50:06,295 --> 00:50:07,630 That's how it's done. 592 00:50:07,713 --> 00:50:09,465 Who searches you? 593 00:50:09,548 --> 00:50:10,841 Nobody. 594 00:50:11,550 --> 00:50:14,428 Then get the same cat to search us. 595 00:50:17,473 --> 00:50:20,559 Got to see if you got a gun on you before you go in. 596 00:50:22,728 --> 00:50:24,730 Tell bumpy we were here. Come on, Ben. 597 00:50:25,481 --> 00:50:29,068 You let them walk now, Willy, bumpy will have your tail. 598 00:50:33,113 --> 00:50:35,324 Wait here. I'll call in to the man. 599 00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:42,800 [Bumpy on intercom] What do you want, Willy? 600 00:50:43,415 --> 00:50:46,502 - Shaft's out here with some dude. - Send them in. 601 00:50:46,585 --> 00:50:49,463 He won't let me see if they're clean, bumpy. 602 00:50:49,547 --> 00:50:50,756 Let them in. 603 00:50:53,092 --> 00:50:54,301 Go on. You heard him. 604 00:50:57,596 --> 00:50:58,931 But listen, snow white... 605 00:51:00,808 --> 00:51:02,935 Me and you gonna tangle sooner or later. 606 00:51:04,603 --> 00:51:06,355 Did you hear what I say? 607 00:51:07,064 --> 00:51:09,525 Why don't you stop playing with yourself, Willy? 608 00:51:10,484 --> 00:51:12,653 You ain't gonna do shit. 609 00:51:18,659 --> 00:51:19,994 [Door lock buzzes] 610 00:51:42,224 --> 00:51:44,101 You're a cagey spook, bumpy. 611 00:51:44,184 --> 00:51:46,895 You ride a tall horse, Mr. Shaft. 612 00:51:47,688 --> 00:51:48,939 This is Ben buford. 613 00:51:49,982 --> 00:51:52,985 Your little caper cost him five friends last night. 614 00:51:53,068 --> 00:51:54,987 We're gonna take it out of your ass, pimp. 615 00:51:55,070 --> 00:51:57,072 You're pushing me a little far. 616 00:51:57,990 --> 00:51:59,867 I found out some things, bumpy. 617 00:52:01,076 --> 00:52:03,037 Like you knew who grabbed your daughter, 618 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:05,164 and you knew it wasn't Ben or his people 619 00:52:05,247 --> 00:52:07,458 when you laid all thatjive on me in my office. 620 00:52:07,541 --> 00:52:11,253 I told you there was no note. I still don't know who has her. 621 00:52:11,337 --> 00:52:12,713 [Shaft] You're lying, man. 622 00:52:12,796 --> 00:52:16,133 Now, deal them up straight or don't deal them at all. 623 00:52:16,216 --> 00:52:18,344 You grabbed the dope hustle up here from the mafia. 624 00:52:19,178 --> 00:52:22,973 Made yourself some big bread. Now the mafia cats want to move in on you. 625 00:52:30,481 --> 00:52:31,732 So what? 626 00:52:31,815 --> 00:52:34,026 So the mafia grabbed your daughter, bumpy. 627 00:52:34,735 --> 00:52:37,321 You knew it. Knew it when you hired me. 628 00:52:41,033 --> 00:52:42,076 Yeah. 629 00:52:42,951 --> 00:52:45,037 Tried to snatch one for a trade. 630 00:52:45,788 --> 00:52:47,748 But your fiunky friends out there blew it. 631 00:52:48,457 --> 00:52:50,584 Ah, they burned some kid. 632 00:52:50,668 --> 00:52:54,254 Missed the man we wanted to grab for a trade. Yeah. 633 00:52:54,338 --> 00:52:56,590 Then you wanted to hustle old shaft. 634 00:52:56,674 --> 00:53:00,177 I hired you for a job. I conned you, but I never lied to you. 635 00:53:00,844 --> 00:53:02,388 My baby was grabbed. 636 00:53:02,471 --> 00:53:04,056 You're gonna get her back. 637 00:53:04,139 --> 00:53:06,308 You bought that deal, shaft. You're gonna live with it. 638 00:53:08,977 --> 00:53:10,813 Not at these prices, baby. 639 00:53:14,024 --> 00:53:15,651 [Chuckles] 640 00:53:17,945 --> 00:53:21,323 I told you, what it costs, it costs. 641 00:53:24,076 --> 00:53:28,163 A lot of hyped-up black people give you that money you're spending, pimp. 642 00:53:33,168 --> 00:53:37,756 Don't you try to bullshit me, boy. We're all on the hustle. 643 00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,259 I sell broads and dope and numbers. 644 00:53:40,342 --> 00:53:43,345 You sell crap and blue sky. It's all the same game. 645 00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:49,560 You knew the mafia cats would come after me, didn't you? 646 00:53:49,643 --> 00:53:52,896 Mm-mmm. But it doesn't shake me up. 647 00:53:52,980 --> 00:53:55,524 They made a good move to take out my front man. 648 00:53:55,607 --> 00:53:58,235 They'll probably try again. I would. 649 00:53:59,111 --> 00:54:02,364 You been using me, bumpy. Suckered me. 650 00:54:03,824 --> 00:54:06,660 That's okay. We stood face to face. 651 00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:10,581 But I want to know why you wanted me to hook up with Ben. 652 00:54:17,004 --> 00:54:19,673 'Cause you're gonna need an army to get my baby back. 653 00:54:20,799 --> 00:54:21,925 Ben's got one. 654 00:54:22,009 --> 00:54:24,720 My people ain't worth a damn outside of Harlem. 655 00:54:24,803 --> 00:54:27,723 If you think I'd risk some of the brothers 656 00:54:27,806 --> 00:54:31,560 just 'cause your daughter's black, you're wrong, man. 657 00:54:32,853 --> 00:54:34,646 We need money. 658 00:54:36,565 --> 00:54:38,400 Got a lot of brothers and sisters in jail. 659 00:54:38,484 --> 00:54:39,943 Set a price. 660 00:54:45,365 --> 00:54:46,742 $10,000 a head. 661 00:54:49,203 --> 00:54:52,664 That's what the honky government pays a cat in the army for insurance. 662 00:54:53,874 --> 00:54:55,250 Ten grand a man. 663 00:54:57,503 --> 00:54:58,629 That's our price. 664 00:55:02,674 --> 00:55:03,675 All right. 665 00:55:08,806 --> 00:55:12,017 You telling me you're willing to lay out that kind of bread for Marcy? 666 00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:15,604 Don't jive me, man. 667 00:55:16,438 --> 00:55:18,482 I can always get more money. 668 00:55:19,566 --> 00:55:21,235 I only got one baby. 669 00:55:22,194 --> 00:55:25,864 That means you already owe him $50,000 for the men he lost last night. 670 00:55:26,782 --> 00:55:27,783 All right. 671 00:55:30,577 --> 00:55:33,622 We can get a lot of brothers and sisters out of jail with that kind of bread. 672 00:55:33,705 --> 00:55:35,165 How many of his you gonna need? 673 00:55:36,500 --> 00:55:38,794 Depends on whether or not the mafia will take a ransom. 674 00:55:39,503 --> 00:55:43,507 - —They want Harlem, nothing less. - It ain't yours to give. Not anymore. 675 00:55:43,590 --> 00:55:45,425 Mine or not, it's not gonna be theirs. 676 00:55:45,509 --> 00:55:48,804 So all I gotta do is find out where they got her, bring her home. 677 00:55:48,887 --> 00:55:50,305 That's it. 678 00:55:51,056 --> 00:55:53,016 Well, if he's worth ten, I'm worth 20. 679 00:55:55,435 --> 00:55:57,062 You got it. COD. 680 00:55:57,729 --> 00:55:59,523 Half now and half when I bring her home. 681 00:55:59,606 --> 00:56:00,607 [Ben] All. 682 00:56:01,358 --> 00:56:02,359 Right now. 683 00:56:02,442 --> 00:56:03,610 Half. 684 00:56:04,236 --> 00:56:05,904 That's the best I'll do. 685 00:56:06,989 --> 00:56:10,450 Just been hustled, bumpy. Deliver the money tonight. 686 00:56:12,035 --> 00:56:14,079 I'll have my boys drop it off. 687 00:56:14,955 --> 00:56:18,292 At these prices, you blow it, shaft, 688 00:56:18,375 --> 00:56:20,460 I'm not gonna like it, not even a little bit. 689 00:56:21,295 --> 00:56:25,340 Thought the money didn't matter to you. Just getting your baby back. 690 00:56:28,385 --> 00:56:30,470 Money always matters. 691 00:56:32,389 --> 00:56:33,974 [Scoffs] 692 00:56:43,692 --> 00:56:45,277 This is where I get off, man. 693 00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:47,613 Look, one thing we gotta get straight, Ben. 694 00:56:47,696 --> 00:56:50,699 If we gotta make a move and it comes to a fight, we do it my way. 695 00:56:51,700 --> 00:56:53,785 For that kind of bread, the brothers'll play. 696 00:56:53,869 --> 00:56:55,829 Just as long as you remember we owe them five. 697 00:56:55,913 --> 00:56:57,414 I said, my way. 698 00:57:00,125 --> 00:57:01,251 I'll call you. 699 00:57:34,326 --> 00:57:36,578 Hey, man. —hey, hey, Billy, come here. 700 00:57:37,788 --> 00:57:39,331 - Do me a favor, huh? - Sure. 701 00:57:39,414 --> 00:57:41,500 -Go up to my place and turn on the — —hey, no, man. 702 00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:43,377 [Laughs] I've already turned on. 703 00:57:43,961 --> 00:57:46,630 No, Billy, turn on the lights. —oh, lights. 704 00:57:46,713 --> 00:57:49,091 - About two minutes, okay? - Got it. Got it. 705 00:57:57,015 --> 00:57:59,643 ["Do your thing" playing] 706 00:58:10,529 --> 00:58:12,531 [Chafiefing] 707 00:58:14,116 --> 00:58:17,160 [Isaac Hayes] J“ if the music make you move j“ 708 00:58:17,244 --> 00:58:19,621 j“ 'cause you can d/g the groove j“ 709 00:58:19,705 --> 00:58:21,581 j“ then groove on j“ 710 00:58:22,582 --> 00:58:24,459 j“ groove on j“ 711 00:58:25,711 --> 00:58:28,839 j“ if you feel I/ke you wanna make love j“ 712 00:58:28,922 --> 00:58:31,216 j“ under the stars above j“ 713 00:58:31,299 --> 00:58:33,218 j“ then love on j“ 714 00:58:34,469 --> 00:58:35,887 j“ love on j“ 715 00:58:37,097 --> 00:58:40,225 j“ if there is something you wanna say j“ 716 00:58:40,308 --> 00:58:42,769 j“ and talking is the only way... j“ 717 00:58:42,853 --> 00:58:45,772 -[song continues playing] —how are we doing, love? 718 00:58:46,690 --> 00:58:48,775 That's nice. Don't make any trouble. 719 00:58:49,985 --> 00:58:52,487 - Johnny! - What do you say, rollie? 720 00:58:52,571 --> 00:58:54,531 Gorgeous coat. 721 00:58:56,575 --> 00:58:58,785 How about letting me take over the bar for a while? 722 00:58:59,703 --> 00:59:02,289 There's nothing I wouldn't do for $20. 723 00:59:05,917 --> 00:59:08,128 J“ if you feel I/ke you wanna scream j“ 724 00:59:08,211 --> 00:59:09,546 have funsies. 725 00:59:09,629 --> 00:59:11,757 J“ 'cause thatis your way of letting off steam j“ 726 00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:13,091 j“ scream on j“ 727 00:59:14,676 --> 00:59:16,094 j“ scream on j“ 728 00:59:17,637 --> 00:59:20,557 j“ if you feel like you wanna sing j“ 729 00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:23,477 j“ 'cause singing is your thing j“ 730 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:25,187 j“ sing on j“ 731 00:59:26,229 --> 00:59:27,814 j“ sing on j“ 732 00:59:29,191 --> 00:59:32,277 j“ if you wanna make love all n/ght j“ 733 00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:35,197 j“ and you think that it is right... j“ 734 00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:36,364 you look ready. 735 00:59:36,990 --> 00:59:39,367 Yeah, okay. Scotch and water, both. 736 00:59:40,494 --> 00:59:44,748 J“ 'cause whate ver, oh, you do j“ 737 00:59:44,831 --> 00:59:46,083 on the house, gents. 738 00:59:46,166 --> 00:59:48,251 J“ you got to do your thing j“ 739 00:59:51,797 --> 00:59:54,257 and since the house is buying, I'll have one. 740 01:00:02,682 --> 01:00:05,185 To the big-hearted owner of the no name bar. 741 01:00:05,268 --> 01:00:07,604 Whether he knows he's generous or not. 742 01:00:07,687 --> 01:00:09,106 [Shaft chuckles] 743 01:00:13,902 --> 01:00:16,029 -That's all booze. —right on. 744 01:00:16,696 --> 01:00:19,866 All booze. One zillion percent. [Laughs] 745 01:00:20,951 --> 01:00:22,119 -[Laughs] —[Phone rings] 746 01:00:24,704 --> 01:00:25,705 Hello? 747 01:00:29,376 --> 01:00:30,377 Hello? 748 01:00:31,753 --> 01:00:32,796 Hold on. 749 01:00:36,675 --> 01:00:37,717 Hold on. 750 01:00:42,305 --> 01:00:45,016 No, he ain't here. Right. 751 01:00:47,727 --> 01:00:49,646 [Rollie] Ho there, innkeeper. 752 01:00:52,315 --> 01:00:53,817 Two gin and tonics 753 01:00:53,900 --> 01:00:57,445 and, uh, a virgin Mary for moi. 754 01:00:57,529 --> 01:01:00,240 [Scoffs] I'm thirsty. Parched. 755 01:01:00,949 --> 01:01:05,537 There's a girl over there with the dark hair and the groovy boobs. 756 01:01:06,538 --> 01:01:10,292 You really turn her on, if you're interested. 757 01:01:10,876 --> 01:01:12,127 Well, I ain't dead. 758 01:01:13,837 --> 01:01:16,923 Her friend Valerie says she's hot for my body. 759 01:01:17,007 --> 01:01:19,134 I told her I was gay, and you know what she said? 760 01:01:19,217 --> 01:01:21,511 She'd straighten me out. 761 01:01:22,179 --> 01:01:23,889 That's what she said. 762 01:01:24,556 --> 01:01:28,393 It's not enough that I'm lovely. She wants me to play character parts. 763 01:01:29,060 --> 01:01:34,024 The one with the titillating boobs is named Linda. 764 01:01:35,066 --> 01:01:36,276 Uh-huh. 765 01:01:46,953 --> 01:01:49,164 Man can't walk on one leg. 766 01:01:56,046 --> 01:01:57,130 Hate drinking alone. 767 01:02:18,109 --> 01:02:20,737 [Phone rings] 768 01:02:28,453 --> 01:02:30,580 Vic. Private line. 769 01:02:30,664 --> 01:02:32,624 [TV: Sports broadcast, faint] 770 01:02:32,707 --> 01:02:33,792 [Murmurs] 771 01:02:33,875 --> 01:02:36,628 Hey, sweet baby. This is your lover man. 772 01:02:38,088 --> 01:02:39,381 Who the hell is this? 773 01:02:40,548 --> 01:02:41,841 Two sweet guesses. 774 01:02:44,094 --> 01:02:45,303 That you, shaft? 775 01:02:45,387 --> 01:02:49,975 You bet your lovely self it is. And I'm ready. Can you dig it? 776 01:02:51,101 --> 01:02:52,352 You got troubles? 777 01:02:54,271 --> 01:02:56,481 - I got what you want. - Where are you? 778 01:02:56,564 --> 01:02:59,734 The no name bar in the village. On Jane street. 779 01:03:01,569 --> 01:03:05,073 - What do you want me to do? - Haul your beautiful self down here. 780 01:03:05,156 --> 01:03:06,283 How many of them are there? 781 01:03:06,366 --> 01:03:08,660 Um, about two. 782 01:03:09,953 --> 01:03:12,205 I'll close up, then we'll go over to my pad. 783 01:03:12,914 --> 01:03:15,667 Hell, you walk in that front door, and I'll close up right now. 784 01:03:18,169 --> 01:03:21,506 - I'll have a car there in a few seconds. - That's what I want to hear, baby. 785 01:03:21,589 --> 01:03:23,133 [Grumbles] 786 01:03:30,890 --> 01:03:32,517 A lot of loose stuff around here, Jim? 787 01:03:36,229 --> 01:03:39,107 All a man can handle, Deacon. [Chuckling] 788 01:03:42,902 --> 01:03:44,070 What you looking at, man? 789 01:03:49,326 --> 01:03:50,660 Get lost, huh? 790 01:03:53,621 --> 01:03:54,831 Go do something. 791 01:03:57,208 --> 01:03:58,626 Where are my manners? 792 01:03:59,586 --> 01:04:01,921 I didn't even introduce myself to you gentlemen. 793 01:04:03,673 --> 01:04:06,468 My name is John shaft. 794 01:04:07,135 --> 01:04:08,428 Freeze! 795 01:04:13,058 --> 01:04:15,018 [Officer] All right, you. Come on. 796 01:04:15,101 --> 01:04:16,436 Lift 'em up. 797 01:04:17,645 --> 01:04:19,105 [Spits] 798 01:04:20,774 --> 01:04:22,567 [Patron screams] 799 01:04:25,195 --> 01:04:26,946 Hey, throw me a towel. 800 01:04:27,781 --> 01:04:30,700 There's two of them. We're generous around here. 801 01:04:41,461 --> 01:04:43,129 It's not so bad. 802 01:04:46,508 --> 01:04:48,051 Mmm. 803 01:04:48,134 --> 01:04:50,345 It's a nice pad you got here. 804 01:04:51,012 --> 01:04:54,265 Look, baby, I'm going upstairs and take a shower. Be right back. 805 01:05:02,690 --> 01:05:04,984 I just couldn't wait. 806 01:05:32,178 --> 01:05:34,013 -What do you say, Vic? —morning. 807 01:05:35,432 --> 01:05:38,768 Both of them had guns, licenses to carry. 808 01:05:38,852 --> 01:05:41,855 "Jewelry couriers," the licenses said. 809 01:05:41,938 --> 01:05:43,773 Detroit people. 810 01:05:46,192 --> 01:05:48,319 - You gonna turn 'em loose? - There's no choice. 811 01:05:49,612 --> 01:05:51,281 Oh, they'll leave town. 812 01:05:51,364 --> 01:05:53,908 Yeah, you're gonna have strangers looking for you, not them. 813 01:05:54,951 --> 01:05:56,744 Can I have a little private talk with 'em? 814 01:05:58,204 --> 01:06:00,874 What are you gonna do to poor Carmen now? Give him cancer? 815 01:06:02,375 --> 01:06:04,502 You busted his head. Settle. 816 01:06:06,171 --> 01:06:08,715 I just want to find out his views on urban renewal. 817 01:06:12,927 --> 01:06:13,928 All right. 818 01:06:18,183 --> 01:06:20,101 [Muttering] 819 01:06:20,185 --> 01:06:21,186 Tom. 820 01:06:39,245 --> 01:06:41,539 I'm speaking for bumpy Jonas. 821 01:06:41,623 --> 01:06:43,875 He wants to make sure his daughter's okay. 822 01:06:45,043 --> 01:06:50,548 My word is all he'll take. No phone calls and no letters from her. 823 01:06:50,632 --> 01:06:51,758 I've got to see her. 824 01:06:53,801 --> 01:06:55,553 Then maybe he'll deal. 825 01:06:57,347 --> 01:06:59,724 Nothing I want to say in this rathole. 826 01:07:00,433 --> 01:07:03,686 - People might be listening. - That's a risk we'll have to take. 827 01:07:04,437 --> 01:07:08,274 Now give me a number so I can let you know where I'll be. 828 01:07:08,358 --> 01:07:11,152 And I'll call you at 12:30 sharp. 829 01:07:12,111 --> 01:07:14,239 Meet you quarter to 1:00 somewhere in the village. 830 01:08:09,877 --> 01:08:12,338 - Hey, baby. - [Moans] 831 01:08:12,422 --> 01:08:14,340 - Come here. - Party's over. 832 01:08:14,924 --> 01:08:16,050 You got to split. 833 01:08:17,427 --> 01:08:20,138 Some other time, huh? Same feeling, same place. 834 01:08:20,221 --> 01:08:22,432 Right now, I gotta take care of some business. 835 01:08:44,787 --> 01:08:45,955 [Person] Yeah? 836 01:08:46,039 --> 01:08:47,290 Put Ben on. 837 01:08:47,373 --> 01:08:48,958 He is asleep. Who wants him? 838 01:08:49,834 --> 01:08:51,628 Wake him up. It's John shaft. 839 01:08:52,754 --> 01:08:56,341 You're really great in the sack, but, um... 840 01:08:56,966 --> 01:08:58,806 You're pretty shitty aftennards, you know that? 841 01:09:01,721 --> 01:09:02,722 Yeah? 842 01:09:02,805 --> 01:09:05,433 Look, I'm trying to take care of some business, baby. Okay? 843 01:09:05,516 --> 01:09:06,517 [Ben] Hello? 844 01:09:07,644 --> 01:09:08,936 Come on. 845 01:09:09,020 --> 01:09:10,021 Ben. 846 01:09:10,813 --> 01:09:13,107 I need two good men. You ready? 847 01:09:13,191 --> 01:09:14,776 - Yeah. - They'd better be tough. 848 01:09:17,779 --> 01:09:19,614 Hey, baby, please close the door, huh? 849 01:09:19,697 --> 01:09:21,074 Hey. 850 01:09:22,158 --> 01:09:23,785 Close it yourself, shitty. 851 01:09:25,036 --> 01:09:26,579 [Blows kiss] 852 01:09:26,663 --> 01:09:28,956 Hey, man, just tell me where and when. 853 01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:31,560 Front of caffe reggio down in the village. You know where it is? 854 01:09:31,584 --> 01:09:34,087 - I'll find it. - 12:30. 855 01:09:34,170 --> 01:09:37,674 - Five minutes iate'd be too late. - —I'ii be there. Bye. 856 01:10:16,504 --> 01:10:18,423 [Knocking on door] 857 01:10:18,506 --> 01:10:19,549 Yeah? 858 01:10:19,632 --> 01:10:21,342 [Vic] It's Vic androzzi. 859 01:10:26,764 --> 01:10:28,766 What the hell are you doing here, man? 860 01:10:33,271 --> 01:10:34,981 Got no time for chats. 861 01:10:47,201 --> 01:10:51,247 You had time for a chat with Carmen and patsy in my office this morning. 862 01:10:57,336 --> 01:10:59,589 You got me in one hell of a mess, John. 863 01:11:02,425 --> 01:11:05,678 - Did you have the room bugged? - Oh, no, not me. 864 01:11:05,762 --> 01:11:08,514 Me? I could turn the other way. 865 01:11:09,182 --> 01:11:10,725 Not hear what I heard. 866 01:11:13,186 --> 01:11:15,980 It's that big-eared captain I got who was listening. 867 01:11:19,317 --> 01:11:21,444 Thinks he heard you discussing a kidnapping. 868 01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:25,823 Thinks the mafia's involved. 869 01:11:29,202 --> 01:11:31,204 And he knows bumpy Jonas is involved. 870 01:11:31,954 --> 01:11:33,331 Tell him to ask bumpy then. 871 01:11:34,165 --> 01:11:37,627 Yeah, I did. But he wants to ask you. 872 01:11:37,710 --> 01:11:39,796 Now. At the station. 873 01:11:41,672 --> 01:11:42,965 It's lousy timing, right? 874 01:11:43,049 --> 01:11:44,842 Gonna take me in? 875 01:11:46,844 --> 01:11:48,346 I will if I find you. 876 01:11:49,889 --> 01:11:50,973 Are you home? 877 01:11:51,808 --> 01:11:53,309 Hell no. 878 01:11:55,144 --> 01:11:56,312 That's too bad. 879 01:12:03,069 --> 01:12:04,529 Call me when you get home. 880 01:12:12,703 --> 01:12:14,789 "Close it yourself, shitty." [Laughing] 881 01:12:40,398 --> 01:12:43,734 This is shaft. Now get this straight. 882 01:12:44,318 --> 01:12:48,447 I'll be at caffe reggio on macdougal street at quarter to 1:00. 883 01:12:49,699 --> 01:12:51,951 - Got it? - [Patsy] Reggio, quarter to 7:00. 884 01:12:52,034 --> 01:12:53,077 Right. 885 01:13:51,135 --> 01:13:52,470 Menu? 886 01:13:52,553 --> 01:13:53,638 Espresso. 887 01:13:55,431 --> 01:13:57,433 Don't you want a sandwich or something with it? 888 01:13:58,976 --> 01:14:00,353 Just Espresso. 889 01:14:19,997 --> 01:14:22,124 I hope you don't like lemon peel. 890 01:14:23,751 --> 01:14:24,752 Let it go. 891 01:14:26,003 --> 01:14:28,798 I think you like it. I'll go get you some. 892 01:14:29,882 --> 01:14:31,717 I always forget the lemon peel. 893 01:15:04,667 --> 01:15:06,627 I'm looking for a nigger named John shaft. 894 01:15:09,213 --> 01:15:11,382 You just found him, wop. 895 01:15:13,217 --> 01:15:14,468 Sit down. 896 01:15:14,552 --> 01:15:16,971 I'm supposed to take you to visit a lady. Come on. 897 01:15:20,891 --> 01:15:22,893 Haven't finished my Espresso. 898 01:15:23,561 --> 01:15:24,937 Why don't you have some? 899 01:15:28,315 --> 01:15:31,277 Maybe they'll put a little garlic in it, if you're nice. 900 01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:33,112 [Chuckles] 901 01:15:35,573 --> 01:15:36,699 No, thanks. 902 01:15:37,658 --> 01:15:39,035 But you go ahead. 903 01:15:41,620 --> 01:15:44,081 We even got time for you to have your soul food. 904 01:15:48,335 --> 01:15:49,420 Espresso? 905 01:15:51,088 --> 01:15:52,214 No, thanks. 906 01:15:55,718 --> 01:15:56,761 Keep it. 907 01:15:57,845 --> 01:15:58,971 Thanks, baby. 908 01:16:12,610 --> 01:16:13,611 Let's go. 909 01:17:51,417 --> 01:17:52,418 Come on. 910 01:18:25,284 --> 01:18:26,493 After you, man. 911 01:19:09,078 --> 01:19:11,080 Okay. Davies, you stay here. 912 01:19:11,163 --> 01:19:13,058 Remmy, you get around to the back of the building 913 01:19:13,082 --> 01:19:14,458 and keep an eye on the alley door. 914 01:19:14,541 --> 01:19:15,793 And stay out of sight. 915 01:19:15,876 --> 01:19:17,076 What if they come out our way? 916 01:19:17,795 --> 01:19:21,257 Davies, you follow them. Remmy, you come back for me. Okay, now move it. 917 01:19:35,813 --> 01:19:38,732 [Softly] No noise. Now, answer me straight. 918 01:19:39,608 --> 01:19:41,402 No lies and no con. 919 01:19:42,194 --> 01:19:43,904 How many men you got in there with her? 920 01:19:44,613 --> 01:19:45,614 Two. 921 01:19:47,283 --> 01:19:48,450 Okay. 922 01:19:48,534 --> 01:19:52,579 When I tell you, you open that door like this gun was about to blow your head off. 923 01:19:54,290 --> 01:19:56,917 No signals or you're gone. Got it? 924 01:19:57,543 --> 01:19:58,585 Yeah. 925 01:20:01,046 --> 01:20:02,464 Ha! Gin. 926 01:20:02,548 --> 01:20:03,674 Open it. 927 01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:05,843 [Marcy gasps] 928 01:20:11,473 --> 01:20:13,350 Okay, turn her loose or he goes. 929 01:20:15,269 --> 01:20:16,989 - Tell 'em to turn her loose. - —they won't. 930 01:20:18,981 --> 01:20:21,066 They won't shoot, Marcy. Come on over here. 931 01:20:21,859 --> 01:20:23,861 There's nothing you can do, shaft. 932 01:20:24,611 --> 01:20:27,906 Nothing except go back to Harlem and tell bumpy his little girl is fine. 933 01:20:27,990 --> 01:20:31,285 - —When I leave, she leaves with me. - No way, shaft. 934 01:20:31,368 --> 01:20:34,580 She's our ace. You never give up your ace. 935 01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:38,500 Maybe you're right. Maybe I ought to take you uptown and turn you over to bumpy. 936 01:20:40,336 --> 01:20:42,296 Change your mind, you can walk right now. 937 01:20:44,423 --> 01:20:46,550 You try to take the girl or me along, you're dead. 938 01:20:47,551 --> 01:20:49,887 You trying to tell me they'd blow you away to get me? 939 01:20:50,512 --> 01:20:51,597 That's right. 940 01:20:54,641 --> 01:20:55,851 [Marcy whimpers] 941 01:20:57,936 --> 01:21:01,899 I halfway believe you. But you're my ace, so I gotta call you. 942 01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:09,490 [Shaft groans] 943 01:21:09,573 --> 01:21:11,450 [Marcy sobbing, whimpering] 944 01:21:11,533 --> 01:21:12,910 [Groans] 945 01:21:13,869 --> 01:21:15,412 [Grunts] 946 01:21:15,496 --> 01:21:18,248 The only thing that's keeping you alive right now, the only thing, 947 01:21:18,332 --> 01:21:22,252 is you gotta be fit enough to leave here to tell that black punk in Harlem 948 01:21:22,336 --> 01:21:25,381 that he's got 24 hours to deal or he's got a dead daughter. 949 01:21:25,964 --> 01:21:28,133 And a war. You hear me? 950 01:21:31,887 --> 01:21:33,097 Come on. Let's go. 951 01:21:34,390 --> 01:21:35,432 Let's go! 952 01:21:43,065 --> 01:21:44,066 Back door. 953 01:22:03,460 --> 01:22:04,461 [Whimpers] 954 01:22:09,633 --> 01:22:12,636 [Marcy sobbing] 955 01:22:20,227 --> 01:22:21,353 Come on. 956 01:22:21,437 --> 01:22:24,148 [Marcy] No! No! 957 01:22:24,815 --> 01:22:26,900 -Come on. —[Marcy] No! 958 01:22:32,197 --> 01:22:34,783 - —Come on. In front of me. - [Whimpering, sobbing] 959 01:22:35,576 --> 01:22:38,745 John, you all right? Come on. 960 01:22:38,829 --> 01:22:40,998 Come on. You all right? 961 01:22:41,999 --> 01:22:44,835 - Huh? - Get me up out of here. 962 01:22:45,836 --> 01:22:48,046 Whole place'll be stinking with cops in a minute. 963 01:22:50,924 --> 01:22:53,093 - John? - Grab those guns, will you? 964 01:22:53,177 --> 01:22:54,845 Let's get the hell out of here. 965 01:23:00,642 --> 01:23:03,562 - [Ben] Ellie! - [Banging on door] 966 01:23:04,605 --> 01:23:07,316 - —Ellie! Ellie, open up! - Yes! 967 01:23:10,110 --> 01:23:11,778 My god! What happened? 968 01:23:11,862 --> 01:23:13,447 [Ben] Been shot. 969 01:23:17,367 --> 01:23:18,827 [Ellie] Put him on the couch. 970 01:23:19,661 --> 01:23:21,538 [Ben] Didn't want to tell you over the phone. 971 01:23:34,718 --> 01:23:36,345 Ellie, call Sam. 972 01:23:36,929 --> 01:23:39,765 - You need a real doctor, baby. - I said call Sam. 973 01:23:39,848 --> 01:23:43,143 [Chafiefing] 974 01:23:46,230 --> 01:23:47,856 Let's get it off. 975 01:23:50,275 --> 01:23:51,485 [Groans] 976 01:23:54,154 --> 01:23:55,155 Easy. 977 01:23:58,617 --> 01:23:59,952 [Groans] 978 01:24:04,122 --> 01:24:05,123 Blade. 979 01:24:05,832 --> 01:24:07,668 Ben, get on the phone. 980 01:24:08,627 --> 01:24:12,089 We're gonna need some more brothers — With guns this time. 981 01:24:17,135 --> 01:24:20,138 Bumpy will handle transportation. 982 01:24:44,079 --> 01:24:45,789 Had to bring you to, Johnny. 983 01:24:45,872 --> 01:24:48,625 Can't fix anything else till you tell me where you hurt. 984 01:24:50,544 --> 01:24:51,670 Wall to wall, Sam. 985 01:24:52,254 --> 01:24:53,380 [Groans] 986 01:24:54,214 --> 01:24:55,757 Ellie, give me that phone. 987 01:24:57,426 --> 01:24:59,261 - Get those boys? - Got eight. 988 01:25:01,805 --> 01:25:03,015 Know where they took her? 989 01:25:03,098 --> 01:25:05,809 One of the brothers tailed them. He's watching the place now. 990 01:25:07,477 --> 01:25:08,604 What about the back exit? 991 01:25:09,605 --> 01:25:11,940 Everything's cool, baby. Don't worry. 992 01:25:12,024 --> 01:25:13,483 Did you run into a train? 993 01:25:14,610 --> 01:25:17,404 Tight as you can get it. I gotta get up soon as you're done. 994 01:25:19,197 --> 01:25:21,950 Oh! Damn. 995 01:25:22,034 --> 01:25:23,035 Oh! 996 01:25:24,036 --> 01:25:26,288 Damn, those were some tough white boys. 997 01:25:26,955 --> 01:25:29,458 You're gonna have one hell of a time. 998 01:25:29,541 --> 01:25:32,628 - Got a bad sprain on that right wrist. - Well, tape it. 999 01:25:32,711 --> 01:25:37,424 I did, damn it. What do you think I am, an amateur? For Christ sakes. 1000 01:25:37,507 --> 01:25:40,552 Too good a job, Sam. I didn't even feel it. 1001 01:25:58,320 --> 01:25:59,529 [Bumpy] Wrong number. 1002 01:25:59,613 --> 01:26:02,658 Cut the crap, man. This is shaft. I saw Marcy. 1003 01:26:02,741 --> 01:26:04,242 Is she all right? 1004 01:26:05,035 --> 01:26:06,787 [Shaft] Scared to death, but okay. 1005 01:26:06,870 --> 01:26:11,249 Look, I need three cabs on the corner of ninth and Washington 1006 01:26:11,333 --> 01:26:12,793 to pick up some of Ben's people. 1007 01:26:12,876 --> 01:26:15,587 -How soon? —now, man. Now! 1008 01:26:16,380 --> 01:26:18,382 [Line disconnects, buzzes] 1009 01:26:27,307 --> 01:26:29,518 [Whistling] —[Vocalizing] 1010 01:26:31,978 --> 01:26:34,731 Okay, you two, outside! Move, move! 1011 01:26:35,482 --> 01:26:36,608 Let's go! 1012 01:26:39,277 --> 01:26:40,654 - —Tie 'em up! - [Door closes] 1013 01:26:42,572 --> 01:26:44,366 All right, baby, where are the uniforms? 1014 01:27:04,553 --> 01:27:07,055 - Who's that? - Night janitor. He's okay. 1015 01:27:07,848 --> 01:27:09,850 Use him to find out which room they got her in. 1016 01:27:09,933 --> 01:27:11,017 Right. 1017 01:27:12,728 --> 01:27:15,355 - Getting it together? - Yeah, baby, right on. 1018 01:27:26,658 --> 01:27:27,826 Beautiful. 1019 01:27:29,953 --> 01:27:31,079 Perfect. 1020 01:27:32,789 --> 01:27:33,790 Nice. 1021 01:27:36,501 --> 01:27:37,711 Just beautiful. 1022 01:27:39,504 --> 01:27:41,256 Hey, Jerry, how you doing, baby? 1023 01:27:45,677 --> 01:27:47,095 Hey, boy. 1024 01:27:51,516 --> 01:27:53,185 Send up two coffees and a coke. 1025 01:27:54,811 --> 01:27:55,979 Uh, glass or straw? 1026 01:27:57,105 --> 01:27:58,231 For the coke. 1027 01:27:59,357 --> 01:28:00,400 Make it a straw. 1028 01:28:04,571 --> 01:28:05,572 Straw? 1029 01:28:06,615 --> 01:28:08,200 You heard me. Straw. 1030 01:28:10,327 --> 01:28:12,162 Right. Right. 1031 01:28:14,039 --> 01:28:16,041 You're a shrewd cat, shaft. 1032 01:28:16,124 --> 01:28:18,960 You and your boys blow it, and I'll be one dead cat. 1033 01:28:19,669 --> 01:28:22,881 Now, you all know the plan. No mistakes. 1034 01:28:24,299 --> 01:28:25,300 Let's go. 1035 01:28:37,979 --> 01:28:39,189 [Door closes] 1036 01:28:59,709 --> 01:29:03,046 Here you are, sir. Two coffees, a coke and a straw. 1037 01:29:03,129 --> 01:29:04,506 - Want me to take it in? - Whoa. 1038 01:29:08,385 --> 01:29:09,386 Right. 1039 01:29:16,768 --> 01:29:18,353 Hey, thank you. 1040 01:29:19,688 --> 01:29:21,940 -Be seeing you. —okay. 1041 01:30:26,963 --> 01:30:29,966 -[Buzzer sounding] —ah, shut up. 1042 01:30:33,970 --> 01:30:37,098 - What do you guys want? - Your coat, man. 1043 01:31:05,752 --> 01:31:07,420 Rope and harness. 1044 01:31:24,229 --> 01:31:25,772 Go ahead down. 1045 01:31:46,918 --> 01:31:48,253 [Uoudthud] 1046 01:31:59,222 --> 01:32:00,557 Did you hear anything? 1047 01:32:00,640 --> 01:32:01,641 Uh-uh. 1048 01:33:28,978 --> 01:33:31,397 This damn thing won't burn hot enough. 1049 01:33:31,481 --> 01:33:33,650 See if you've got something else in there that'll burn. 1050 01:33:50,542 --> 01:33:51,543 This is gin, man. 1051 01:33:57,090 --> 01:33:58,258 What else you got? 1052 01:34:01,761 --> 01:34:03,763 [Coughs] Gasoline. 1053 01:34:14,983 --> 01:34:15,984 Come on! 1054 01:34:37,881 --> 01:34:40,091 [Metal squeaking] 1055 01:34:47,891 --> 01:34:49,893 Now give me a cigarette. 1056 01:35:00,695 --> 01:35:03,198 All right, you know what to do? —yeah. 1057 01:35:59,254 --> 01:36:00,630 You mother... 1058 01:36:02,298 --> 01:36:03,549 You bitch. 1059 01:36:48,553 --> 01:36:49,887 [Honking horn] 1060 01:37:06,029 --> 01:37:07,322 [Marcy screams] 1061 01:37:29,886 --> 01:37:32,180 Let's go! Go! 1062 01:37:34,932 --> 01:37:36,517 [Gunshofl -[Groans] 1063 01:37:36,601 --> 01:37:39,145 Get out of here! Go! Get out of here! 1064 01:38:04,629 --> 01:38:05,797 Come on! 1065 01:38:07,006 --> 01:38:08,007 Let's go! 1066 01:38:27,110 --> 01:38:30,113 [Sirens wailing] 1067 01:39:00,268 --> 01:39:01,727 Androzzi here. 1068 01:39:02,478 --> 01:39:05,731 - Vic, your case just busted wide open. - So close it for me. 1069 01:39:05,815 --> 01:39:07,817 Cut the crap, man. This is shaft. 1070 01:39:08,401 --> 01:39:11,654 Looks like you're gonna have to close it yourself, shitty! 1071 01:39:11,737 --> 01:39:14,740 [Laughing]