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Shaft(1971)

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

6.4(423)1h 40m1971-06-25

CrimeThrillerDramaAction

Overview

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

Director:: Gordon Parks
Writers:: Ernest Tidyman, Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black
Producers:: Joel Freeman, Roger H. Lewis, David Golden
Cinematographer:: Urs Furrer
Composer:: Isaac Hayes
Production:: Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Budget:: $1,125,000
Revenue:: $12,121,618
Status:: Released

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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

Margaret Warncke

Margaret Warncke

Linda

Joseph Leon

Joseph Leon

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