Shaft

Shaft
1971ActionCrimeThriller100 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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

  • Gordon Parks

    Director

  • Ernest Tidyman

    Screenplay

  • John D.F. Black

    Screenplay

  • Ernest Tidyman

    Novel

  • Urs Furrer

    Director of Photography

  • Hugh A. Robertson

    Editor

  • Richard Roundtree

    John Shaft

  • Moses Gunn

    Bumpy Jonas

  • Charles Cioffi

    Vic Androzzi

  • Christopher St. John

    Ben Buford

  • Gwenn Mitchell

    Ellie Moore

  • Lawrence Pressman

    Sergeant Tom Hannon

  • Victor Arnold

    Charlie

  • Sherri Brewer

    Marcy

  • Rex Robbins

    Rollie

  • Camille Yarbrough

    Dina Greene

  • Margaret Warncke

    Linda

  • Joseph Leon

    Byron Leibowitz

  • Arnold Johnson

    Cul

  • Dominic Barto

    Patsy

  • George Strus

    Carmen

  • Edmund Hashim

    Lee

  • Drew Bundini Brown

    Willy

  • Tommy Lane

    Leroy

  • Al Kirk

    Sims

  • Shimen Ruskin

    Dr. Sam

  • Antonio Fargas

    Bunky

  • Gertrude Jeannette

    Old Lady

  • Lee Steele

    Blind Vendor

  • Damu King

    Mal

  • Donny Burks

    Remmy

  • Tony King

    Davies

  • Benjamin R. Rixson

    Bey Newfield

  • Ricardo Brown

    Tully

  • Alan Weeks

    Gus

  • Glenn Johnson

    Char

  • Dennis Tate

    Dotts

  • Adam Wade

    Brother #1

  • James Hainesworth

    Brother #2

  • Clee Burtonya

    Sonny

  • Ed Bernard

    Peerce

  • Eddie Barth

    Tony

  • Joe Pronto

    Dom

  • Robin Nolan

    Waitress

  • Ron Tannas

    Billy

  • Betty Bresler

    Mrs. Androzzi

    • 3.0

    Runtime

    100 minutes

    Released

    1971-06-25

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Shaft Productions

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Sound

  • J.J. Johnson

    Original Music Composer

  • Isaac Hayes

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    52 days ago

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