Shafts Big Score! - DVD -12569519824

From All Movie Guide This is the hurriedly produced sequel to Gordon Parks trend-setting hit. Shaft. Richard Roundtree is on hand once again. portraying 'the cat whos a bad mutha.' In this installment. Shaft investigates the murder of well-respected Harlem figure and funeral-home director. Cal Ashby (Robert Kya-Hill). who is blown to smithereens after stashing money in a coffin. Cals funeral is attended by Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn). the local Harlem boss. Since Bumpy is attending Cals funeral. Shafts suspects some dirty dealings between Bumpy and Cals business partner Kelly (Wally Taylor). After the funeral. Shaft returns home to find that his place has been ransacked. Kelly arrives to inform Shaft that he is taking over Cals funeral-home business. When Kelly leaves. Captain Bollin (Julius Harris) makes an appearance and takes Shaft downtown for questioning about Cals murder. Bollin reveals that Cal and Kelly were in cahoots -- running a numbers racket and involved with Gus Mascola (Joseph Mascolo). another local gangster. Bollin agrees to let Shaft go on the provision that he let him know if he discovers any leads in the case. Shaft must now track down the real killer to get his Harlem neighbors off the hook. Paul Brenner