Shaft


Shaft

Overview:

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

Votes 76 (6.6/10)

Runtime: 100 minutes

Release Date 1971-07-02

Budget: $4,000,000.00

Revenue: $12,121,618.00

Tagline: The mob wanted Harlem back. They got shaft...up to here.

Production company:

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Shaft Productions Ltd.

Production country:

  • United States of America

Genres:

  • Adventure
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Crime

Trailer

Further Information

John Shaft
Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree
Bumpy Jonas
Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn
Vic Androzzi
Charles Cioffi
Charles Cioffi
Ben Buford
Christopher St. John
Christopher St. John
Ellie Moore
Gwenn Mitchell
Gwenn Mitchell
Sergeant Tom Hannon
Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman
Charlie
Victor Arnold
Victor Arnold
Marcy
Sherri Brewer
Sherri Brewer
Rollie
Rex Robbins
Rex Robbins
Dina Greene
Camille Yarbrough
Camille Yarbrough
Linda
Margaret Warncke
Margaret Warncke
Byron Leibowitz
Joseph Leon
Joseph Leon
Cul
Arnold Johnson
Arnold Johnson
Patsy
Dominic Barto
Dominic Barto
Carmen
George Strus
George Strus
Davies
Tony King
Tony King
Bunky
Antonio Fargas
Antonio Fargas
Tony
Eddie Barth
Eddie Barth
Director
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
Producer
Joel Freeman
Joel Freeman
Original Music Composer
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Original Music Composer
J.J. Johnson
J.J. Johnson
Director of Photography
Urs Furrer
Urs Furrer
Editor
Hugh A. Robertson
Hugh A. Robertson
Casting
Judith Lamb
Judith Lamb
Novel
Ernest Tidyman
Ernest Tidyman
Screenplay
Ernest Tidyman
Ernest Tidyman
Screenplay
John D.F. Black
John D.F. Black
Producer
Roger Lewis
Roger Lewis
Executive Producer
Stirling Silliphant
Stirling Silliphant
Executive Producer
Ernest Tidyman
Ernest Tidyman
Art Direction
Emanuel Gerard
Emanuel Gerard
Producer
David Golden
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