Overview:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.| Status: | Released (1971-06-25) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 6 nominations total |
| Screen: | Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black |
| Productions: | Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 6487: Richard Roundtree - John Shaft
- 6561: Moses Gunn - Bumpy Jonas
- 6354: Charles Cioffi - Vic Androzzi
- 6562: Christopher St. John - Ben Buford
- 6563: Gwenn Mitchell - Ellie Moore
- 6564: Lawrence Pressman - Sergeant Tom Hannon
- 6565: Victor Arnold - Charlie
Crews
- 6483: Ernest Tidyman - Screenplay - Writing
- 6568: Joel Freeman - Producer - Production
- 6570: Urs Furrer - Director of Photography - Camera
- 6569: J.J. Johnson - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 6779: Stirling Silliphant - Executive Producer - Production
- 6558: Gordon Parks - Director - Directing
- 160447: John D.F. Black - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
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Richard Roundtree was great and Shaft as a character was absolutely amazing, everything else from the plot which was thin and performances by the supporting cast was a bit iffy. The pacing was also pretty slow and despite only being 100 minutes, felt a bit longer. Still, a good openi ....
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