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64% Critic Match
Shaft
“The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.”
6.4 / 10• 1971• 1h 40m•R• English
ActionCrimeThriller
Storyline
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Cast & Crew
Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gordon Parks's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Shaft is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
