Shaft

14
1h 40m
1971
6.408 /10 (398)

The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.

Overview

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 1971-06-23

Top Billed 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

Edmund Hashim

Lee

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