Shaft

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Director

Gordon Parks

Cast

Richard Roundtree as John Shaft

Moses Gunn as “Bumpy” Jonas

Drew Bundini Brown as Willy

Charles Cioffi as Lieutenant Vic Androzzi

Christopher St. John as Ben Buford

Gwenn Mitchell as Ellie Moore

Lawrence Pressman as Tom Hannon

Victor Arnold as Charlie

Tony King as Davies

Writers

Ernest Tidyman (screenplay)

John D.F. Black (screenplay)

Ernest Tidyman (novel)


Summary

A private detective is hired by a Harlem mobster to rescue his daughter from the Italian mobsters who kidnapped her.
A private detective is hired by a Harlem mobster to rescue his daughter from the Italian mobsters who kidnapped her.

Genre

Action, Crime, Thriller

Released

June 25, 1971

Runtime

1hr 40min

MPAA

Rated R

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