Shaft
The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.
Jun 23, 1971 · 1h 40m · Action, Crime, Thriller
⭐ 6.4· 404 votes
Director Gordon Parks
Writer Ernest Tidyman
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Overview
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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Cast
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
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