Shaft

Name: Shaft
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1971-06-23
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell

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

Action Crime Thriller

Shaft(1971)

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

Action Crime Thriller

6.4/ 10 (400 votes)

1h 40m

1971-06-23

Budget: $1.1M

Revenue: $12.1M

Overview

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

DirectorGordon Parks

NovelErnest Tidyman

ScreenplayErnest Tidyman

ScreenplayJohn D.F. Black

Cast

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Keywords

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Shaft

Shaft(1971)

Overview

Cast

Richard Roundtree

Moses Gunn

Charles Cioffi

Christopher St. John

Gwenn Mitchell

Lawrence Pressman

Victor Arnold

Sherri Brewer

Rex Robbins

Camille Yarbrough

Margaret Warncke

Joseph Leon