Synopsis
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Movie Information
- Director
- Gordon Parks
- Writers
- Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black
- Release Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Genre
- Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (437 votes)
Top 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
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