Shaft
The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.
6.4(427) 1971-06-25 100 minCrimeThrillerDrama
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
ScreenplayErnest Tidyman
ProducerJoel Freeman
Original Music ComposerJ.J. Johnson
DirectorGordon Parks
ScreenplayJohn D.F. Black
ProducerRoger H. Lewis
Original Music ComposerIsaac Hayes
ProducerDavid Golden
Cast & characters
Richard Roundtree
as John Shaft
Moses Gunn
as Bumpy Jonas
Charles Cioffi
as Vic Androzzi
Christopher St. John
as Ben Buford
Gwenn Mitchell
as Ellie Moore
Lawrence Pressman
as Sergeant Tom Hannon
Victor Arnold
as Charlie
Sherri Brewer
as Marcy
Rex Robbins
as Rollie
Camille Yarbrough
as Dina Greene
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Margaret Warncke
as Linda
Joseph Leon
as Byron Leibowitz
Arnold Johnson
as Cul
Dominic Barto
as Patsy
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George Strus
as Carmen
Edmund Hashim
as Lee
Drew Bundini Brown
as Willy
Tommy Lane
as Leroy
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Al Kirk
as Sims
Shimen Ruskin
as Dr. Sam
Antonio Fargas
as Bunky
Gertrude Jeannette
as Old Lady
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Lee Steele
as Blind Vendor
Damu King
as Mal
