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
- 6568: Joel Freeman - Producer - Production
- 1180131: David Golden - Producer - Production
- 6572: Judith Lamb - Casting - Production
- 6570: Urs Furrer - Director of Photography - Camera
- 6776: Roger H. Lewis - Producer - Production
- 6483: Ernest Tidyman - Executive Producer - Production
- 6483: Ernest Tidyman - 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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Richard Rowntree exudes loads of charisma here as he takes on the role of the shrewd Harlem private investigator “Shaft” who finds himself embroiled in some fairly brutal New York politics. He’s drafted in by local gangster “Bumpy” (Moses Gunn) when this man’s daughter is kidnapped. ....
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