All language subtitles for Shaft in Africa (1973)

300? NOT A HAPPY FIGURE,
HERR SCHMIDT.

YOU GUARANTEED 750.

I DON'T CARE
WHAT YOUR PROBLEMS ARE.

LOOK, YOU FULFILL
YOUR CONTRACT.

750, ALL
IN PRIME CONDITION,

ON THE JOB
IN DUSSELDORF MONDAY.

SMOKE BOTHER YOU?

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE,
THERE'S FIRE.

BRIGHTEN MY DAY.

CALL BACK.

MR. AMAFI.

JUST ONE MOMENT.

GOOD MORNING, MR. AMAFI.

SCHMIDT'S MAKING
A DELIVERY ON MONDAY...

750 TO DUSSELDORF.

FROM THE IVORY COAST?

ONLY 300,
THE REST FROM SENEGAL.

TELL ANGELO TO COME HERE,
WILL YOU?

AND GET YOURSELF
A CUP OF COFFEE.

YES, MR. AMAFI.

YES?

NAMES, DATES, PLACES...

HE'S BEEN A BUSY BOY.

YOU SURE
HE'S THE EMIR'S SON?

TOOK SOME PERSUASION,
BUT HE FINALLY TALKED.

FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE OTHERS,

AN EXAMPLE
HAS TO BE MADE.

KILL HIM.

WHAT ABOUT HIS FATHER?

HE'S GOT A LOT OF CLOUT.

HE CAN'T THROW A SPEAR
ALL THE WAY FROM NEW YORK,

NOW, CAN HE?

ANGELO, I SAID KILL HIM.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

HEY, SOME AFRICANS ARE
LOOKING FOR YOU, BROTHER.

I DON'T KNOW ANY AFRICANS,
BROTHER.

YOU COME.

Woman: Central Answering.
Can I help you?

YEAH, BABY, ANYTHING?

Yeah.
Is that you, Mr. Shaft?

THAT'S RIGHT.

Well, a Mr. Ramila's
been calling you

every 10 minutes since 2:00.

YOU COME.

YOU TELL MR. R.
IF HE CALLS AGAIN,

THAT I GOT TOO MANY
FRIENDS WITH TROUBLES.

I DON'T DO BUSINESS
WITH STRANGERS.

FREEZE.

OOH!

WHERE DID YOU STUDY
STICK FIGHTING, MR. SHAFT?

CONDUCTING
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC.

THE EMIR WILL BE PLEASED...

ALSO BY THE FACT
YOU'RE ALREADY CIRCUMCISED.

Man: Mr. Shaft,

the temperature is 110 degrees.

Are you comfortable?

SHIT.

I'D BE A HELL OF A LOT
MORE COMFORTABLE

IF YOU'D FORGET TO PAY
YOUR LIGHT BILL.

We want you to walk back
and forth across the sand

for the next eight hours.

If you survive, we will talk.

MAN, I ALREADY GOT MY TAN.
LET'S TALK NOW.

I said walk. Walk or die.

Very ingenious, Mr. Shaft.

FORGIVE US, MR. SHAFT.

THIS IS EMIR RAMILA,

LEADER OF THE MANTA TRIBE
IN EAST AFRICA.

OUT OF MY TURF.

THIS IS WASSA, MY BRAIN,

AND OSIAT,
MY STRONG RIGHT ARM.

THEY WILL PREPARE YOU.

MINERAL WATER, MR. SHAFT?

QUITE PURE.

GIVE ME SOME SCOTCH, MAN.

I KNOW A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT YOU,

BUT UNTIL TONIGHT,
IT WAS ALL HEARSAY.

I HAD TO KNOW.

KNOW WHAT?

WOULD YOU KILL A MAN?

MR. SHAFT, YOU FIRED
TWO SHOTS AT OSIAT

WITHOUT HESITATION.

YES, I LEARNED.
YOU WOULD KILL A MAN.

ABOUT THOSE SHOTS...

WHY IS THE BROTHER
STILL BREATHING?

NEXT TIME,
BETWEEN THE EYES.

MY SECOND QUESTION...

HOW GOOD ARE YOU
WITH A STICK?

A CAT NAMED SHAFT

AIN'T GOING TO BE BAD
WITH A STICK.

FROM CHILDHOOD, THE MEN
OF MY TRIBES USE THE STICK

TO HERD CATTLE,
WARD OFF HYENAS,

AND TO FIGHT.

IF YOU WERE AWKWARD
WITH A STICK,

IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN
TOO LONG TO TRAIN YOU.

THANKS FOR THE OFFER,

BUT I LIVE IN A RESTRICTED
NEIGHBORHOOD...

NO HYENAS.

NOW, YOU WANT
TO CALL ME A CAB?

THIRD QUESTION...

COULD YOU SURVIVE
UNDER DESERT CONDITIONS?

I LIKED WHAT YOU DID,

BURYING YOURSELF
IN THE SAND.

WE'VE FOUND OUR MAN,
MR. SHAFT.

YOU.

OKAY, I'LL WALK.

I MAKE YOU
A MOST GENEROUS OFFER...

$25,000.

IS THAT AMERICAN
OR HONG KONG?

$15,000 NOW,
$10,000 LATER.

AND WHAT
DO I HAVE TO DO?

BECOME A SLAVE.

COLONEL GONDAR,
JOHN SHAFT.

THE COLONEL IS

OF THE CENTRAL
POLICE AUTHORITY

IN ADDIS ABABA.

HE'S WORKING WITH US

AND THE ORGANIZATION
OF AFRICAN UNITY.

A GOOD DEAL
OF TIME AND MONEY

HAVE BEEN INVESTED
IN SELECTING YOU, MR. SHAFT.

AND I GUESS
WHAT YOU DID IS LOOKED

IN THE ADDIS ABABA
YELLOW PAGES,

AND THERE I WAS...

JOHN SHAFT,
INVESTIGATOR, RIGHT?

IT WAS SOMEWHAT
MORE INVOLVED THAN THAT.

WHAT'S THIS
SLAVE JIVE, HUH?

TWO MONTHS AGO

A TRUCK CROSSED THE BORDER
FROM ITALY INTO FRANCE.

Gondar: THE DRIVER MANAGED
TO ESCAPE.

THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES
GAVE THE MEN WATER

AND TIME TO REST,

THEN HUSTLED THEM BACK
ACROSS THE BORDER INTO ITALY

AND MARKED THE INCIDENT CLOSED.

WHAT WERE THEY, ITALIANS?

NO, NO, YOUNG AFRICANS.

THIS PARTICULAR GROUP
HAD BEEN SMUGGLED IN

FROM THE IVORY COAST TO ITALY,
THEN INTO FRANCE.

SMUGGLED, WHY?

TO DO ALL THE DIRTY
BACKBREAKING JOBS

WHITE EUROPEANS
REFUSE TO DO...

ROAD GANGS,
FACTORIES, KITCHENS.

MAYBE THEY NEEDED
THE BREAD.

THE RECRUITERS ARE LURING
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG AFRICANS

INTO EUROPE EVERY MONTH.

THEY'VE NO WORK PERMITS,
NO SOCIAL SECURITY.

IF THEY COMPLAIN,
THEY'RE DEPORTED.

THEY WORK A 16-HOUR DAY,

SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
FOR LITERALLY PENNIES.

THIS, MR. SHAFT, IS SLAVERY
IN THE 20th CENTURY.

SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST
ARREST THE CATS

WHO ARE HUSTLING
THE PEOPLE?

THAT'S THE END OF THAT.

WE WANT THE MEN
AT THE TOP.

WE NEED
A TRAINED INVESTIGATOR...

SOMEBODY THEY DON'T KNOW

TO INFILTRATE
THEIR ORGANIZATION.

TO DO THIS,

HE HAS TO LET HIMSELF
BE RECRUITED IN AFRICA.

SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET
AN AFRICAN INVESTIGATOR?

THEY KNOW ALL OUR MEN.

SO GET SOMEONE
WHO'S NOT AN INVESTIGATOR.

WE DID.

MY SON LET HIMSELF
BE RECRUITED IN EAST AFRICA.

HIS BODY WAS FOUND
LAST WEEK IN PARIS

IN A DITCH.

UPTOWN DUDE LIKE ME...
SPOT ME A MILE AWAY.

NOT IF YOU'RE BRIEFED
IN TRIBAL WAYS

AND LEARN
THE MANTA DIALECT.

YEAH, I WAS 21
BEFORE I FOUND OUT

THAT "ISN'T" IS ANOTHER WAY
OF SAYING "AIN'T."

OSIAT.

THIS IS MY DAUGHTER ALEME.

ALEME HAS COME
TO INSTRUCT YOU, MR. SHAFT.

THEY VANISHED AS MYSTERIOUSLY
AS THEY APPEARED,

BUT THEY LEFT BEHIND
OUR SPOKEN CULTURE,

THEIR DRUMS,
THEIR COPPER SPEARS,

THEIR BEADED CROWNS.

NOBODY KNOWS
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM,

BUT OUR TRIBES ARE DESCENDED
FROM THESE PROUD ANCESTORS.

DON'T LAUGH, MR. SHAFT,

YOUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS

ON HOW MUCH
YOU CAN REMEMBER.

WHO'S LAUGHING?

I WAS JUST THINKING,

THEY MADE US STUDY
SHAKESPEARE IN SCHOOL.

MAN, WAS HE
A JOHNNY-COME-LATELY,

COMPARED TO YOUR CATS
GROOVING ON POETRY

A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

I'M SURE lT'D BLOW
THEIR MINDS AT PS 64.

OUR OFFICIALS FALL
INTO TWO CATEGORIES.

MACHA, TULAMA.

NOT BAD.
YOU'RE PROGRESSING.

LOOK, UH,
WHY DON'T YOU GET RID

OF THE JOLLY GIANT OVER THERE

SO YOU AND I CAN GET DOWN
TO THE FINER STROKES?

OSIAT HAS GUARDED ME
SINCE I WAS A CHILD.

SOMETIMES I THINK OF HIM

AS MY LIVING
CHASTITY BELT.

DAMN.

A MAN THAT SIZE, BABY,

THAT'S A WHOLE LOT
OF CHASTITY.

I'M STILL
IN MY FIRST AGE-GRADE.

WE CALL THAT FAREITA.

NO ONE IS PERMITTED TO MARRY
WHILE THEY'RE IN FAREITA.

WHAT DO YOU DO
FOR RELAXATION?

I ENTER CHELA,

MY SECOND AGE-GRADE
THIS FEBRUARY,

THEN EVEN
THE EMIR'S DAUGHTER

MAY HAVE SEX AND MARRY

AFTER MY CLITORIDECTOMY.

YOUR WHAT?

MY CLITORIDECTOMY...
FEMALE CIRCUMCISION.

YOU MEAN WHEN THEY
CUT OFF YOUR...

ARE YOU AFRAID
TO SAY THE WORD?

MY CLITORIS?

YES.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO
IN THE TIME OF CHELA.

HELL, NO WONDER
THE NATIVES GET RESTLESS.

MR. SHAFT, THE EMPHASIS
IN OUR MARRIAGE

IS NOT UPON SEXUAL PLEASURE,

BUT UPON THE REARING
OF CHILDREN.

LISTEN, BABY.

NOW, FEBRUARY'S
JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

NOW, HOW IN THE HELL
ARE YOU GOING

TO KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE MISSING

UNLESS YOU GIVE IT
A LITTLE WEAR AND TEAR

BEFORE THEY TAKE IT AWAY?

ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING?

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT.

DO NOT KISS!

WHERE YOUR STICK?

IT'S TIME
FOR YOUR LESSON.

SH...

IT'S BACK THERE.

WHY DON'T YOU GET IT FOR ME
WHILE I WARM UP?

COME ON.

SHH. COME ON.
COME ON.

TINGAT, WULAN...

SAHO.

HERE IS YOUR FIRST PAYMENT,
MR. SHAFT...

A CHECK FOR $15,000
AND YOUR AIRLINE TICKET.

YOU LEAVE IN THE MORNING.

FROM UP HERE, IT DOESN'T
LOOK SO BIG, DOES IT?

I MEAN, NEW YORK.
IT'S NOT SO BIG.

L.A.'s GOT
MORE SQUARE MILES.

TOKYO AND LONDON
BOTH HAVE MORE PEOPLE.

OH, YOU DON'T
SPEAK ENGLISH?

YOU MUST BE AFRICAN.

MANTA.

OH, MY NAME'S WILLIAMS.

WELL, IF THERE'S
ANYTHING YOU NEED,

JUST LET ME KNOW.

STANDARD OIL?

BY GOD,
NOW THAT'S SOMETHING.

CAN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE,

BUT KNOWS
ABOUT STANDARD OIL.

HOW ABOUT GENERAL MOTORS?

COCA-COLA.

AAH!

ARE YOU OKAY, MR. SHAFT?

GO CATCH YOUR PLANE
TO ADDIS.

WHO ARE YOU?

I'M NOT
WITH STANDARD OIL.

THEN I GUESS HE'S NOT
WITH COCA-COLA.

THANKS.

TO QUOTE YOUR EXACT WORDS,

"HE WILL NEVER LIVE
TO REACH AFRICA."

YET I'M TOLD
HE'S ALREADY BOARDED

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 175
AT ORLY

EN ROUTE TO ADDIS ABABA.

HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

THEY HAD SOMEBODY WITH HIM
OUT OF NEW YORK.

HE TOOK MY MAN BY SURPRISE.

SHAFT WAS SIMPLY LUCKY.

FIRST EDITIONS
ALWAYS WORRY ME.

LUCK CAN RUN OUT,

EVEN FOR YOU,
MY BLACK BROTHER.

CONSIDER HIM A DEAD MAN.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION
YOU PLANNED TO KILL

WHOEVER THE EMIR HIRED
IN NEW YORK.

WASN'T THAT OUR AGREEMENT?

THE EMIR MIGHT
HAVE SUSPECTED ME,

AND ANYWAY, THIS MAN SHAFT
SEEMED TOO DANGEROUS

ON HIS HOME GROUND,

BUT... BUT IN AFRICA...

PICTURE, SIR?

HE IS QUITE TAME.

I HOPE YOU'LL BOTH
BE VERY HAPPY.

COLONEL GONDAR SENT ME.

THIS WAY, PLEASE, SIR.

WE HAVE A CHOICE OF POSES.

YOU CAN KNEEL
AND PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND HIM,

YOU CAN STRADDLE
AND RIDE HIM,

OR YOU CAN PUT YOUR HEAD
IN HIS MOUTH.

IS THAT RIGHT?

YOU ARE TO GO AT ONCE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

KEEP THE RECEIPT.

I'LL SEE YOU GET
THE PICTURE TOMORROW.

SORRY ABOUT ALL THIS
CLOAK-AND-DAGGER BUSINESS,

BUT THE INCIDENT AT ORLY
GAVE US A NASTY SHOCK.

THAT INCIDENT AT ORLY
GAVE ME A NASTY SHOCK.

YOU TRUST HER?

SHE'S A COUSIN OF MINE.

I'LL NEVER TURN MY BACK AGAIN
ON A CLEANING WOMAN.

WHO WAS THE CAT IN DRAG
THAT TRIED TO KILL ME?

A SARDINIAN NAMED BOCCO.

AN ASSASSIN...
LONG CRIMINAL RECORD.

AND THE DUDE
WHO SAVED MY ASS?

HE WORKS WITH US.

WELL, MR. SHAFT,

IT SEEMS WE'VE BROUGHT YOU
A LONG DISTANCE FOR NOTHING.

OBVIOUSLY, THE OPPOSITION
KNOWS ABOUT YOU.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO CALL IT OFF,
WE'LL UNDERSTAND.

WHAT, AND BLOW 25 GRAND?

ONLY MONEY
BRINGS YOU HERE?

HELL, NO. I JUST LOVE TO HAVE
MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH LIONS.

YOUR FOREBEARS WERE DRAGGED
IN CHAINS FROM THIS CONTINENT

AND DUMPED ONTO THE COTTON
PLANTATIONS OF AMERICA.

I SHOULD THINK
YOU'D WANT THIS ASSIGNMENT

FOR STRONGER MOTIVES
THAN MONEY.

YOU'RE WRONG. SEE, MY FOLKS
WEREN'T IN COTTON.

THEY WERE IN TOBACCO.

THE EMIR TELLS ME
YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO USE THIS.

THIS PARTICULAR FIGHTING STICK
IS A RATHER SPECIAL ONE.

36 EXPOSURES,
EXTRA FILM IN HERE.

YOU'LL LEAVE YOUR BAG WITH ME
AND TAKE THIS ONE.

THERE'S FOOD IN HERE,
AND THIS...

TAPE RECORDER.

TO RECORD,
TURN CLOCKWISE.

TO STOP RECORDING,
TURN IT BACK.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

NOW, I'M NOT JAMES BOND,
SIMPLY SAM SPADE.

WEAR THAT POUCH
AROUND YOUR WAIST

UNDER THIS ROBE.

I HOPE THAT'S A 40-LONG.

YOU'LL BE LIVING IN IT,
ALONG WITH THESE SANDALS,

UNTIL THE RECRUITERS ISSUE YOU
WESTERN WORK CLOTHES...

IF YOU GET THAT FAR.

OKAY.
WHAT ABOUT SOME IRON?

IRON?

A PIECE.

NO GUN.
TOO DIFFICULT TO HIDE

AND A DEAD GIVEAWAY
IF SOMEBODY SEARCHES YOUR BAG.

ANYWAY, YOU'VE GOT YOUR STICK.

IS THAT RIGHT?

WE'VE SELECTED A ZABANA
WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH.

HE WON'T LEAVE YOUR SIDE.

A ZABANA?

A BODYGUARD.

NOW, IF A GUN
IS TOO CONSPICUOUS,

A BODYGUARD IS GOING TO BE

LIKE PUTTING IT ON
THE 6:00 NEWS.

ONCE YOU LEAVE ETHIOPIA,

YOU'LL BE IN A TERRITORY
WHERE EVERYBODY HAS ZABANAS.

EVEN THE ZABANAS
HAVE ZABANAS.

YOURS IS NAMED KOPO.

HE WILL JOIN YOU
ALONG THE WAY.

STUDY THIS.

IT'S A ROUTE
WE'VE LAID OUT

WHICH SHOULD BRING YOU
INTO CONTACT

WITH THE RECRUITERS.

IF YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH
TO GET TO PARIS,

THERE'S A TELEPHONE NUMBER
WRITTEN HERE.

MEMORIZE IT, AND CALL
THE MOMENT YOU ARRIVE.

AND BURN THAT MAP
AND THAT NUMBER

BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS ROOM.

MR. SHAFT...

I WISH YOU LUCK.

GOD KNOWS YOU'LL NEED IT.

THERE.

AH-AH-AH.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL.

GOT TO MAKE IT LAST.

SPOT, COME HERE.

COME HERE!

DUMMY, COME HERE!

FOLLOW ME.

COME ON.
NO ONE'S GOING TO SEE US.

MY PEOPLE BUILD THESE NESTS

TO KEEP CROWS AWAY
FROM THE CORN.

NOW, IS THAT A FACT?

THE FARMER GETS UP HERE
AND FIRES AWAY...

WHAT THE... HA HA!

HOW DID YOU GET RID
OF YOUR BIG SHOT OLD OSIAT?

HE JUST HAD
HIS SIXTH CHILD,

SO I SLIPPED AWAY
WHILE HE WAS CELEBRATING.

I PASSED YOUR BUS
NEAR THE BORDER,

BUT WHEN I GOT THERE,
YOU WEREN'T ON IT,

ONLY THAT DEAD MAN.

SO I DOUBLED BACK.

I HAD TO SEE YOU.

JOHN, THEY KNOW
WHO YOU ARE.

WELL, I FIGURED THAT.

THEY ALREADY TRIED
TO KILL ME TWICE.

DON'T WORRY,
THEY CAN'T MAKE IT.

WERE YOU DISAPPOINTED
I WASN'T A VIRGIN? HMM?

HA HA.

HELL, NO, BABY.
YOU HAD SOME GOOD TEACHERS.

JOHN...

THIS IS HARDLY THE TIME
TO TALK ABOUT IT,

BUT I'VE MADE
AN IMPORTANT DECISION

BECAUSE OF YOU.

WELL, MY DADDY TOLD ME,

HE SAID, "JOHN, THE ONE TIME"

"YOU SHOULD NEVER, EVER
MAKE AN IMPORTANT DECISION

IS RIGHT AFTER
YOU'VE MADE LOVE."

IT'S ABOUT MY CLITORIDECTOMY.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DECISION,
ALL RIGHT.

WHEN FEBRUARY COMES,

I'M NOT GOING
TO LET THEM DO IT.

I AM KOPO,
YOUR ZABANA.

PUT OUT YOUR HAND.

WHAT IS THE MEANING
OF THIS GESTURE?

IT JUST MEANS, BROTHER,
I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU.

COME.

WHAT WAS THAT
ALL ABOUT?

HE'S THE DISTRICT HEADMAN.

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS
AROUND HERE, HE KNOWS.

HE SAYS THE...
THE WHITE MAN THIS WEEK

TAKES OUR PEOPLE
FROM THE TOWN OF MAIBERRA

TO THE NORTH.

THEN WE GO NORTH.

HE SAYS THAT IN MAIBERRA,

WHEN THE SUN STANDS
TWO MORE TIMES ABOVE OUR HEADS,

TWO MEN WILL DIE.

MAIBERRA?

Man: GET IN LINE!
GET IN THERE!

MOVE IN! MOVE IN!

Man: GET INTO LINE!
FALL IN LINE!

GET OUT OF HERE.
GET OUT OF HERE.

SIGN.

WHAT I SIGN?

SIGN, YOU SAY
YOU GIVE BACK MONEY...

FOOD, CLOTHES, BOAT.

HOW MUCH YOU PAY ME?

200 FRANCS EACH MONTH.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

JOWI.

OKAY, JOWI.

JOWI.

TAKE YOUR DOG
AND BURY HIM.

NOBODY'S EVER CRIED
FOR YOU, HAVE THEY, BABY?

NOBODY EVEN KNOWS
YOU'RE GONE.

AAH!

YOU SON OF A BITCH,

YOU KNOW WHO I AM,
DON'T YOU?

WHO TOLD YOU? WHO?

WHO SENT THAT CAT AFTER ME
AT THE AIRPORT?

AND ON THE BUS?

TALK, MOTHERFUCKER! TALK!

MARCO SASSARI.

A LITTLE LATE,
NOT-SO-GREAT SARDINIAN.

DIED DECEMBER 12th
FROM A STIFF NECK

IN A TOWN CALLED MAIBERRA...

AS THE SUN STOOD OVERHEAD.

HEADMAN SAID
THAT TWO MEN WOULD DIE.

HE WAS WRONG.

ONLY ONE MAN DIED

AND TWO DOGS.

QUICK! COME, WE GO! COME!

NOW! ALL OF YOU!

THIS ZUBAIR.

HE TAKE YOU ACROSS DESERT.

I NO FORGET YOU.

YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?

LITTLE.

ZIBA... YOU BEAT HIM?

I BEAT.

GOOD.
I DON'T LIKE ZIBA.

YOU RIDE FRONT
WITH ME, HMM?

YOU KNOW HOW
TO RIDE CAMEL?

NO RIDE CAMEL.
RIDE ASS.

HA HA HA.

YOU LEARN TO RIDE CAMEL.

I SHOW YOU, HUH?
COME ON.

SIT HERE.

CROSS LEG LIKE THIS.

SEE? EASY. NOW YOU.

CROSS LEG! CROSS LEG!
CROSS!

SLOW DOWN.

I'D GIVE 10 YEARS
OF MY LIFE

IF I COULD DO THAT...

TO BE ABLE
TO SEE THE WORLD

ONLY IN SEXUAL TERMS,

AND TO FEEL IT
THE WAY YOU DO, JAZAR.

SUCH DILIGENCE, MR. WASSA.

I'M IMPRESSED.

IMAGINE YOU FLYING
ALL THE WAY FROM AFRICA

TO BE SURE YOUR LABORERS
ARE DOING WELL.

LOOK AT THEM...

HAPPY IN THEIR WORK.

ARE YOU HAPPY IN YOUR WORK?

PIRO AND SASSARI
ARE BOTH DEAD.

SHAFT KILLED THEM.

THE LAST TIME WE TALKED,

IT WAS SHAFT'S LIFE
OR YOURS.

HE WILL BE BOARDING
VANDEN'S BOAT

TOMORROW MORNING.

I FLEW IN TO ASK YOU
TO CONTACT VANDEN,

GET HIM TO DELAY
HIS DEPARTURE.

I WILL NOT CONTACT VANDEN.

HE'S TOO WEAK
IN THE STOMACH.

I SUGGEST YOU GET DOWN
TO EL JARDIA TODAY

AND DEAL WITH MR. SHAFT
PERSONALLY.

MAY I HELP?

HOW?

I COULD DIVERT
HIS ATTENTION

WHILE WASSA DID
WHATEVER HE WISHED TO DO.

THE REAL REASON, MY PET.

I'M BORED.

I NEED SOME EXCITEMENT.

WE BOTH DO.

LISTEN, MR. WASSA.

I DON'T LOVE
THIS YOUNG LADY.

I DON'T EVEN
PARTICULARLY LIKE HER,

BUT SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON
IN THE WORLD

I'VE EVER FOUND
WHO CAN GET IT UP FOR ME.

I WANT HER BACK
BY FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.

IF ANYTHING
SHOULD HAPPEN TO HER

OR IF SHAFT
IS STILL BREATHING

BY THIS TIME TOMORROW,

I'LL HAVE YOU KILLED
WHEREVER YOU HAPPEN TO BE.

THE YOUNG LADY
WILL MEET YOU

AT THE AIRPORT
IN ONE HOUR.

I WISH I COULD
WATCH YOU WITH SHAFT.

WHERE WILL YOU DO IT?

ON THE BOAT.

I LIKE THE WAY
IT ROCKS YOU BACK AND FORTH.

GET IT ON TAPE.

PLAY IT BACK FOR ME
FRIDAY.

THAT'S A DELICIOUS IDEA.

IF YOU DO IT,
I'LL BUY YOU AN EMERALD.

HOW LARGE AN EMERALD?

HMM?

BOAT COME TOMORROW.

YOU BE HERE
FIRST LIGHT, HUH?

NOW YOU GO TO TOWN.

GET GIRLS, HUH?

BUY GIFTS FOR HOME, HUH?

NO MONEY.

I GIVE.

YOU SIGN PAPER,
YOU PAY LATER, HUH?

HEY, YOU MY GUEST.
GOOD SHOT.

YOU COME TO TOWN
WITH ME, HUH?

NO, LEAVE IT HERE.

IT'S SAFER.

WHERE WE GO, THE GIRLS...
HA HA... THEY STEAL.

NO WONDER THEY CALL AFRICA
THE MOTHER COUNTRY.

AND, MAMA,
I AIN'T GONNA FIGHT IT.

WHERE IS JOWI?

COME ON!

CIAO, BABY.

I WANT NAMES, BABY.

I WANT TO KNOW
EVERY NAME YOU KNOW.

WHO'S PAYING YOU
AND WHO SENT YOU AFTER ME?

WHO?!

IF I TELL, THEY KILL ME.

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK
I'M GOING TO DO?

NOW TALK.

I-I'M YOUR FRIEND.

I-I KILL MAN WHO SENT ME.

I DO THIS FOR YOU.

SURE. TALK! TALK!

AAH!

NOW TALK, OR I'LL BREAK
THE OTHER ONE.

NEXT TIME, YOU MOTHER,

DON'T BITE OFF
MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW.

ALL THAT LOT?

I AM TO BE PAID FOR 41.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
WE'RE RUNNING, THE QUEEN MARY?

I AM TO BE PAID FOR 41.

100 MORE.

FOR WHAT?

I BRING YOU HAPPY MEN.
THEY SIGN, YOU PAY.

STOW IT, SADI!

THE MAN'S ENTITLED
TO HIS MONEY.

THAT'S THE CONTRACT.

ANY EXPENSES ADVANCED
HAVE TO BE COLLECTED

ON DELIVERY BEFORE
THE NEXT LEG OF THE TRIP.

DON'T WORRY, WE'LL GET IT
BACK WHEN WE DOCK.

MAY ALLAH BE WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN,

EVERYONE INTO THE HOLD.

GO ON, MOVE IT!

SADI, GET THEM STOWED BELOW.

GET THEM OUT OF THOSE ROBES
AND INTO WORK CLOTHES.

WELL?

WHEN DID HE BATHE LAST?

VERY SOON NOW,
IN 500 FEET OF WATER.

NOT UNTIL I SPEND
THE NIGHT WITH HIM.

WHAT IF HE HURTS YOU?

I'M COUNTING ON IT.

LOOK, IF ANYTHING
HAPPENS TO YOU,

AMAFI WILL KILL ME.

IF I DON'T GET TO SPEND
THE NIGHT WITH THIS MAN,

I'LL TELL AMAFI
YOU RAPED ME.

YOU KNOW
WHAT HE'D DO TO YOU.

WHEN IT'S DARK,
HAVE THE CAPTAIN

BRING THEM UP ON THE DECK
IN SMALL GROUPS

FOR FRESH AIR

AND, UH,

AND FOR EXERCISE.

PSST.

THEY ARE GOING
TO KILL YOU.

DON'T PRETEND
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU ARE JOHN SHAFT.

JOWI. JOWI.

LOOK, MR. SHAFT,

I AM OFFERING YOU LIFE.

WHY?

IF YOU HELP ME,

I'LL HELP YOU.

HA HA.

YOUR PLACE OR MINE?

MR. SHAFT,

I DO HOPE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING
FOR THE SHOWER.

I LIKE A NATURAL MAN.

WHO'S PLANNING
TO KILL ME?

WASSA.

WASSA.

SO THAT'S
WHERE IT LEAKED.

HOW LONG IS YOUR PHALLUS,
MR. SHAFT?

MY WHAT?

YOUR COCK.

BABY, BY NOW IT'S SHRUNK
DOWN TO 20 INCHES.

WASSA,
THAT SON OF A BITCH.

YOU CAN USUALLY TELL
BY THE SIZE OF A MAN'S NOSE

OR THE LENGTH AND THICKNESS
OF HIS THUMBS.

I ALWAYS LOOK FOR A MAN

WITH A PROMINENT NOSE...

AND LONG THICK THUMBS.

BABY, YOU'RE NOT
TURNING ME ON.

I GOT TOO MANY THINGS
ON MY MIND.

A MAN WHO'S BEEN
IN THE DESERT

AS LONG AS YOU HAVE?

YOU KNOW,

THE MAN WHO PAYS MY BILLS

THINKS I'M OVERSEXED.

HA HA HA.

AND WHATEVER
GAVE HIM THAT IDEA?

BABY, THIS JUST MAY
BLOW YOUR MIND,

BUT I AIN'T
ABOUT TO FUCK YOU.

I'M TAKING YOU OUT OF HERE
RIGHT NOW AS A HOSTAGE.

DO IT LATER.

PLEASE.

PLEASE.

MOVE IT, BABY.

NO HIDDEN GUN.
LOOK FOR YOURSELF.

WE'RE BEING RECORDED.

BY WHAT NETWORK?

HE ASKED ME TO PUT
OUR LOVE AFFAIR ON TAPE.

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

IF I TELL YOU,

WILL YOU COME TO BED?

TELL ME FIRST,
THEN I'LL DECIDE.

HE'S THE ONE
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

VINCENT AMAFI...

HEAD OF THE WHOLE BUSINESS.

AND, OF COURSE,

YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ME
TO HIM, YES?

I KNOW HE'D LIKE
TO MEET YOU.

WHERE IS HE?

PARIS.

PARIS.

SO WE MAY AS WELL
BE COMFORTABLE TOGETHER

WHILE WE CROSS
THE MED, HUH?

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

DOES IT MATTER?

OH... MY GOD.

BABY, MY NOSE MAY NOT
BE TOO PROMINENT,

BUT I'VE GOT TWO
OF THE LONGEST,

THICKEST THUMBS...

YOU SAVED AMAFI
THE TROUBLE.

GET DRESSED, BABY.

WHY?

THERE'S A MOTORBOAT
ON DECK.

WE'RE TAKING IT
FOR A RIDE.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

YOU'RE THE FIRST MAN
WHO'S EVER MADE LOVE TO ME

THE WAY A MAN SHOULD.

FANTASTIC, BABY.

YOU CAN WRITE
MY CONGRESSMAN LATER.

COME ON, GET DRESSED.

WHATEVER YOU SAY, JOHN.

UNTIE IT.

JOHN!

THANKS, BABY.

HELLO.

Woman: Your call, Mr. Amafi.

OH, YES, OPERATOR,
PUT HIM ON.

AH, GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN.

BLOODY ROTTEN MORNING.

WASSA'S DEAD...
SHOT TO DEATH.

MY FIRST OFFICER
DESERTED AT SEA.

The police are due any minute.

AND THE GIRL?

Who the hell knows?

PROBABLY GONE OFF WITH SADI
IN THE MOTORBOAT.

THE MEN YOU BROUGHT ACROSS,
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

THEY'RE IN THE TRUCKS
ON THE WAY TO PARIS.

WHERE ELSE SHOULD THEY BE?

IDIOT, YOU LET THEM GO?

Listen, there's
a goddamn corpse aboard

AND A HULL FULL
OF ILLEGAL AFRICANS.

HOW DO YOU THINK I COULD
EXPLAIN THEM TO THE POLICE?

THIS IS GOING TO COST YOU
EXTRA MONEY, MR. AMAFI,

OTHERWISE FROM NOW ON,

YOU CAN GET YOURSELF
ANOTHER CAPTAIN.

ANGELO.

COME ON. COME ON.

PERREAU IS HERE.

YOUR FRIEND PERREAU
IS HERE.

COME ON.

COME AND LISTEN TO PERREAU.

ME PERREAU, YOUR FRIEND.

ME TELL YOU WHAT TO DO,
WHERE GO, WHERE WORK.

I PICK UP MONEY...
YOUR MONEY.

SAVE YOU TIME.

PAY BACK COST
OF YOUR JOURNEY,

THIS ROOM, CLOTHES, FOOD.

PERREAU...
I TAKE CARE EVERYTHING.

NOW, THIS ROOM
COSTS YOU EACH

100 FRANCS A MONTH.

WE ONLY EARN
200 FRANCS A MONTH.

FOR THIS ROOM,
WE PAY HALF.

NO SPACE IN PARIS.
VERY COSTLY.

NO ROOM, YOU IN STREET.

IN STREET...

POLICE COME,
ASK QUESTIONS,

SEND YOU HOME.

BUT HOW YOU GO HOME?

OWE MONEY.

SO, GO PRISON.

LOCK UP.

100 FRANCS A MONTH...

EVERYBODY STAY HAPPY, NO?

THIS IS A CLOCK,
ALARM CLOCK.

PERREAU SET TIME.

YOU SLEEP THREE HOURS,

THEN CLOCK RING,
YOU GET UP.

I COME, PICK YOU UP,
WE GO WORK.

HERE... FRANCS.

FRANCS FOR SOAP, CANDY.
YOU DIVIDE.

THREE HOURS...

I COME BACK.

WE FRIENDS OF JOWI.

JOWI HERE?

JOWI?

JOWI?

JOWI! JOWI!

JOWI NOT HERE!

OYO, HIS FRIEND...
THAT ROOM!

OYO? YOUR NAME OYO?

AAH!

AAH! AAH! AAH!

INSPECTOR CUSSET,
JOHN SHAFT.

A PLEASURE, MONSIEUR.

ALL OF US ARE IMPRESSED

AND GRATEFUL.

PICTURES AND TAPES,
STARTING WITH THE CAT

WHO TRIED TO TAKE MY SEAT
ON THE BUS IN ADDIS

AND ENDING RIGHT HERE
IN PARIS

WITH A LITTLE GOPHER
NAMED PERREAU.

HE'S GOING TO PICK US UP
IN THREE HOURS.

WE'LL PROCESS THIS
IMMEDIATELY,

THEN IF YOU
ARE NOT TOO TIRED,

A POLICE STENOGRAPHER
WILL TAKE DOWN

YOUR ENTIRE STATEMENT.

NOT TOO TIRED.

PERREAU... THE NAME
IS UNKNOWN TO ME.

A LITTLE GOPHER, YOU SAY,
COMING TO PICK YOU UP.

SURELY HE CAN'T BE THE KINGPIN
OF AFRICAN RECRUITING.

KINGPIN'S A CAT
NAMED VINCENT AMAFI.

ANOTHER UNKNOWN NAME.

WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN COME UP
WITH MONSIEUR AMAFI

AND PUT HIM
UNDER SURVEILLANCE.

I'LL FIND HIM.

I'M GRATEFUL, MONSIEUR,

BUT FROM NOW ON,
WE WILL DO THE WORK.

I'VE GOT A PERSONAL THING
WITH MR. AMAFI.

I REMIND YOU, MONSIEUR,

YOU ARE NOW BACK
IN A CIVILIZED COUNTRY

WHERE DUE PROCESS
OF LAW PREVAILS.

INSPECTOR,
I RESENT THAT IMPLICATION.

MY COUNTRY
WAS BUILDING CHURCHES

WHILE YOUR PEOPLE WERE STILL
LIVING IN CAVES.

FORGIVE ME, COLONEL.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY...

LOOK, GET YOUR
STENOGRAPHER IN HERE,

AND I'LL GIVE HER
10 MINUTES,

AND THEN I'VE GOT
THINGS TO DO.

AMAFI DID THIS
TRYING TO FIND ME.

THE LAW WILL PUNISH HIM,
MONSIEUR.

FUCK THE LAW.

WHAT IS THE LAW DOING
ABOUT THE SHITHEADS

WHO CHARGE
100 FRANCS A MONTH

TO STAY IN A CRAPHOUSE
LIKE THIS?

WHY DON'T YOU REALLY CLAMP DOWN
ON THE SLAVE TRADE?

I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

BECAUSE THE BLACK GHETTOS
OF PARIS

IS AS FAR AWAY
FROM THE CHAMPS ELYSEES

AS 125th STREET
IS FROM PARK AVENUE,

AND YOU NEED A BUNCH
OF POOR BASTARDS

TO WORK ON YOUR ROADS
AND YOUR GODDAMN KITCHENS!

DON'T LAY ANY OF THAT
LAW-WILL-PUNISH-HIM SHIT ON ME.

Aleme: JOHN!

ALARM CLOCK... SHE WORK.

HEY!

WHERE DO YOU TAKE
THE MONEY YOU COLLECT?

AAH!

WHERE DOES AMAFI
DO BUSINESS?

PERREAU... HE KNOWS NOTHING.

AAH!

ELEVEN!

STAY HERE
AND KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.

DAMN CLOSE, BABY.

I HEARD SHOOTING AND I...

DAMN RIGHT.

LOOK AROUND
AND CHECK THOSE FILES...

ANYTHING THAT COULD
LEAD US TO AMAFI.

AAH!

NOW TELL US,
WHERE IS JOWI?

DON'T KNOW.

DON'T KNOW.

AAH!

AAH! AAH!

JOWI!

AAH!

Aleme: AAH!

THIS IS WHERE
THEY KILLED HIM.

KILLED WHO?

MY BROTHER.

HE WROTE THIS
IN OUR LANGUAGE.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

CASTLE...

MOUNTAIN...

FORT.

CASTLE, MOUNTAIN, FORT?

"CHATEAU MARQUIS.

"CHATEAU MICHELLE.

CHATEAU... CHATEAU MONTFORT."

"BUILT BY COUNT ANDRE MONTFORT
IN 1787.

"FAMILY RESIDENCE
UNTIL COMMANDEERED

"BY GERMAN OCCUPYING FORCES.

"USED AS GESTAPO HEADQUARTERS
AND PRISON

FROM 1942 TO 1944."

WHERE IS IT?

"SITUATED 14 KILOMETERS
OUTSIDE OF PARIS

ON THE MAIN ROAD TO AMIENS."

OKAY. CALL INSPECTOR CUSSET
AND TELL HIM WHERE I'VE GONE.

OKAY.

HAS HE TOLD YOU?

NO, NOTHING.

YOU DUMB BASTARDS,

TRYING TO RUN AWAY
TO GO TO THE POLICE.

I'VE GIVEN THOUSANDS OF JOBS
TO AFRICANS.

THEY DON'T COMPLAIN,

BUT BECAUSE
OF YOU TROUBLEMAKERS

AND THAT BLACK BASTARD SHAFT,

I HAVE TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY.

SO, I'M GOING TO BURY YOU ALL
ALONG WITH THE EVIDENCE.

AAH!

AAH!

ALMOST THERE.

AAH!

MR. SHAFT?

YEAH, ME.

I PLAYED THE TAPES.

I LISTENED TO YOU
MAKING LOVE TO HER

AND HER TO YOU.

WHY DID YOU
HAVE TO KILL HER?

ONE OF YOUR MEN
THREW A KNIFE.

SHE WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME.

THEN WHY WASN'T HER BODY
STILL ON BOARD SHIP?

I PROMISED HER
A BOAT RIDE.

WELL, SHE WOULD
HAVE LIKED THAT.

ALL RIGHT,
THROW OUT YOUR IRON.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
OUT OF HERE.

I'VE WIRED THIS PLACE
FOR DEMOLITION.

I'VE GOT 40 HOSTAGES
DOWN BELOW.

UNLESS YOU DROP YOUR GUN

AND STEP OUT
WHERE I CAN SEE YOU,

I'LL SET OFF THE CHARGES.

YOU'RE BLUFFING, MAN.

LOOK DOWN AT YOUR FEET.

NO POINT IN YOUR TRYING
TO PULL THOSE LINES.

THE WIRES ARE FOR
THE UPPER STAIRCASE ONLY.

I'VE GOT A DETONATOR DOWN HERE
FOR THE CELL BLOCK.

ALL RIGHT.

OUT WHERE I CAN SEE YOU.

YOU BASTARDS!

HEY, JOWI!

MONSIEUR, UNLESS YOU HURRY,

YOU ARE GOING
TO MISS YOUR PLANE.

WHERE DOES A GUY
GET A CAB AROUND HERE?

MERCI.

ALLE AÉROPORT.

AH, LA, LA, LA, LA.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.
ONE OF OUR PASSENGERS

HAS ASKED
IF YOU'D MIND COMPANY.

PUT IT RIGHT HERE, BABY.