Shaft (BD) "Martian Manhunter"

Shaft (BD) "Martian Manhunter""Hotter than Bond. Cooler than Bullitt," movie posters proclaimed. John Shaft was indeed a shut your mouth detective to reckon with, a fact emphasized from the film's start by Isaac Hayes' Academy Award winning Best Original Song and Oscar nominated score. Richard Roundtree plays the smart, tough, confident lead, a private investigator whose hunt for a kidnapped woman puts him in the middle of feuding syndicates. Gordan Parks directs from a screenplay

the lone source of the whereabouts of a fabulous gold strike and hitched-up to spirited Liza Crockett

Joel McCrea ("Sullivan's Travels

bless her dear departed soul

While he is constantly seeking "l'amour" of his own

compelling everyone to combine their strengths against the dark villains

there's Porky's ham-handed scheme to thwart a ravenous rodent with a robot cat (Mouse Menace)

" defense attorney Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) told von Bulow

As he takes the stage during the movie's finale

) as a lad from a warm

Detective Comics is relaunched for the first time ever with an all-new number #1

Special Features may not be in High Definition

Robert Mitchum portrays Jankowski