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Ernest Tidyman
Writer 1928 - 1984

Ernest Tidyman

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ernest Tidyman (January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984) was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version... Read full bio →

Filmography

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6 titles
A Force of One

A Force of One

Paul Aaron 1979 1h 30m 5.0

Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.

Gli esecutori

Gli esecutori

Maurizio Lucidi 1976 1h 41m 5.0

A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He dispatches his nephew, a hotshot Anglo-Sicilian lawyer, to identify the real culprit. The lawyer also enlists the aid of his best friend, a grand prix driver with an adventurous streak.

High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter

Clint Eastwood 1973 1h 46m 7.8

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

Shaft's Big Score!

Shaft's Big Score!

Gordon Parks 1972 1h 45m 5.5

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

The French Connection

The French Connection

William Friedkin 1971 1h 44m 7.6

A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.

Shaft

Shaft

Gordon Parks 1971 1h 40m 7.1

A cool dark skinned detective involved in a case in Harlem. A trivial story that in the beginning of the sparked a revolution in American movies for black actors to play the lead rolls.

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