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Shaft

The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.

  • Movie
  • 1971
  • R
  • 1h 40m

Directed by Gordon Parks

6.4

TMDB audience rating
6.4 out of 10 from 445 votes

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Overview

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

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Cast and crew

  • Richard Roundtree

    Richard RoundtreeJohn Shaft

  • Moses Gunn

    Moses GunnBumpy Jonas

  • Charles Cioffi

    Charles CioffiVic Androzzi

  • Christopher St. John

    Christopher St. JohnBen Buford

  • Gwenn Mitchell

    Gwenn MitchellEllie Moore

  • Lawrence Pressman

    Lawrence PressmanSergeant Tom Hannon

  • Victor Arnold

    Victor ArnoldCharlie

  • Sherri Brewer

    Sherri BrewerMarcy

  • Rex Robbins

    Rex RobbinsRollie

  • Camille Yarbrough

    Camille YarbroughDina Greene

  • Margaret WarnckeLinda

  • Joseph Leon

    Joseph LeonByron Leibowitz

  • Arnold Johnson

    Arnold JohnsonCul

  • Dominic Barto

    Dominic BartoPatsy

  • George StrusCarmen

  • Edmund Hashim

    Edmund HashimLee

  • Drew Bundini Brown

    Drew Bundini BrownWilly

  • Tommy Lane

    Tommy LaneLeroy

Director
Gordon Parks
Writer
Ernest Tidyman and John D.F. Black
Music
J.J. Johnson and Isaac Hayes
Cinematography
Urs Furrer