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Shaft

Shaft
★ 6.0/10•2000•1h 39m•R•Action•Adventure•Crime

Still the man, any questions?

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

John Singleton · Director

Shane Salerno · Screenplay

Richard Price · Screenplay

John Singleton · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 39m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 15, 2000
Budget$46,000,000
Revenue$107,626,125

Actors

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

John Shaft

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Carmen Vasquez

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Peoples Hernandez

Christian Bale

Christian Bale

Walter Wade, Jr.

Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes

Rasaan

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya

Jack Roselli

Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Diane Palmieri

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree

"Uncle" John Shaft

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Jimmy Groves

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Curt Flemming

Lynne Thigpen

Lynne Thigpen

Carla Howard

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Walter Wade Senior

Pat Hingle

Pat Hingle

Judge Dennis Bradford

Lee Tergesen

Lee Tergesen

Luger

Daniel von Bargen

Daniel von Bargen

Lt Kearney

Francisco 'Coqui' Taveras

Lucifer

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