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Shaft

Shaft

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.

ActionCrimeThriller

Release: 1971-06-23Runtime: 100 minRating: 6.416 (405)

Cast

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

Crew

Ernest Tidyman

Ernest Tidyman

Screenplay

Joel Freeman

Producer

Urs Furrer

Director of Photography

J.J. Johnson

Original Music Composer

Stirling Silliphant

Stirling Silliphant

Executive Producer

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

Director

John D.F. Black

Screenplay

Emanuel Gerard

Art Direction

Ernest Tidyman

Ernest Tidyman

Novel

Roger H. Lewis

Producer

Clips & Videos

Shaft • 1971 • Theatrical Trailer

Shaft • 1971 • Theatrical Trailer