Shaft (1971)

  • R
  • 06/25/1971 (US)
  • Action, Crime, Thriller
  • 1h 40m

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

Overview

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

Ernest Tidyman

Screenplay, Novel

John D.F. Black

Screenplay

Gordon Parks

Director

Cast

Richard Roundtree's headshot

Richard Roundtree

John Shaft
Moses Gunn's headshot

Moses Gunn

Bumpy Jonas
Charles Cioffi's headshot

Charles Cioffi

Vic Androzzi
Christopher St. John's headshot

Christopher St. John

Ben Buford
Gwenn Mitchell's headshot

Gwenn Mitchell

Ellie Moore
Lawrence Pressman's headshot

Lawrence Pressman

Sergeant Tom Hannon
Victor Arnold's headshot

Victor Arnold

Charlie
Sherri Brewer's headshot

Sherri Brewer

Marcy

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