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Shaft

Shaft
★ 6.4/10•1971•1h 40m•R•Crime•Thriller•Drama

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

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

Ernest Tidyman · Screenplay

John D.F. Black · Screenplay

Gordon Parks · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 25, 1971
Budget$1,125,000
Revenue$12,121,618

Actors

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree

John Shaft

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

Bumpy Jonas

Charles Cioffi

Charles Cioffi

Vic Androzzi

Christopher St. John

Christopher St. John

Ben Buford

Gwenn Mitchell

Gwenn Mitchell

Ellie Moore

Lawrence Pressman

Lawrence Pressman

Sergeant Tom Hannon

Victor Arnold

Victor Arnold

Charlie

Sherri Brewer

Sherri Brewer

Marcy

Rex Robbins

Rex Robbins

Rollie

Camille Yarbrough

Camille Yarbrough

Dina Greene

Margaret Warncke

Linda

Joseph Leon

Joseph Leon

Byron Leibowitz

Arnold Johnson

Arnold Johnson

Cul

Dominic Barto

Dominic Barto

Patsy

George Strus

Carmen

Edmund Hashim

Edmund Hashim

Lee

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