Movie
Shaft
1971R1h 40m6.4 / 10
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.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
More about Shaft
Cast
Richard RoundtreeJohn Shaft
Moses GunnBumpy Jonas
Charles CioffiVic Androzzi
Christopher St. JohnBen Buford
Gwenn MitchellEllie Moore
Lawrence PressmanSergeant Tom Hannon
Victor ArnoldCharlie
Sherri BrewerMarcyCredits
- Directed by
- Gordon Parks
- Written by
- Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black, Ernest Tidyman
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Shaft Collection
- Budget
- $1.1M
- Box office
- $12.1M
Production
- Shaft ProductionsUnited States
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerUnited States
Themes
aggressiveassertivebitingblaxploitation cinemadaughtergangsterghettonew york city
