Shaft

Name: Shaft
Director: Gordon Parks
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
Released: 1971-06-25
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell

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

CrimeThrillerDramaAction

June 25, 19711h 40m6.4 / 10

Overview

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

Director

Gordon Parks

Box Office

Budget$1.1M

Revenue$12.1M

Production

Shaft ProductionsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Richard RoundtreeJohn Shaft

Moses GunnBumpy Jonas

Charles CioffiVic Androzzi

Christopher St. JohnBen Buford

Gwenn MitchellEllie Moore

Lawrence PressmanSergeant Tom Hannon