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Shaft(1971)

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

Crime Thriller Drama

Status: Released
Release date: 1971-06-25
Runtime: 1h 40m
Rating: 6.4 / 10 (431 votes)
Original language: en
Certification: R
Budget: $1,125,000
Revenue: $12,121,618
Popularity: 5
Adult content: No

Overview

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

Crew highlights

Directors

Gordon Parks

Writers

Ernest Tidyman - Screenplay
John D.F. Black - Screenplay

Producers

Joel Freeman
Roger H. Lewis
David Golden

Cast

Richard Roundtree portrait

Richard Roundtree

John Shaft

Moses Gunn portrait

Moses Gunn

Bumpy Jonas

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Charles Cioffi portrait

Charles Cioffi

Vic Androzzi

Christopher St. John portrait

Christopher St. John

Ben Buford

Gwenn Mitchell portrait

Gwenn Mitchell

Ellie Moore

Lawrence Pressman portrait

Lawrence Pressman

Sergeant Tom Hannon

Victor Arnold portrait

Victor Arnold

Charlie

Sherri Brewer portrait

Sherri Brewer

Marcy

Rex Robbins portrait

Rex Robbins

Rollie

Camille Yarbrough portrait

Camille Yarbrough

Dina Greene

Margaret Warncke

Linda

Joseph Leon portrait

Joseph Leon

Byron Leibowitz

Arnold Johnson portrait

Arnold Johnson

Cul

Dominic Barto portrait

Dominic Barto

Patsy

George Strus

Carmen

Edmund Hashim portrait

Edmund Hashim

Lee

Drew Bundini Brown portrait

Drew Bundini Brown

Willy

Tommy Lane portrait

Tommy Lane

Leroy

Production details

Production companies

Shaft Productions
Shaft Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Countries

United States of America

Spoken languages

English

Collection

Shaft Collection

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Keywords

daughternew york citypolicegangsterghettoblaxploitation cinemabitingaggressivesuspensefultenseassertive

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