Movie

1971 Action thriller
1h 40min
Country | USA |
R
The mob wants Harlem back. But they're gonna get Shaft. Richard Roundtree stars as New York City private detective John Shaft. He's cool, tough and won't back down to anybody. But when the New York Mafia wants to take over the Harlem drug trade, they kidnap local crime lord Bumpy Jonas' (Moses Gunn) daughter. Now in the middle of a war between mobsters that's ready to ignite a racial tinderbox, Jonas hires the one man tough enough to get his daughter back--John Shaft.
Directed by | Gordon Parks |
Written by | Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black |
Awards
Starring
Richard Roundtree
Moses Gunn
Charles Cioffi
Christopher St. John
Gwenn Mitchell
Lawrence Pressman
Victor Arnold
Sherri Brewer
Rex Robbins
Camille Yarbrough
Margaret Warncke
Joseph Leon
Arnold Johnson
Dominic Barto
George Strus
Edmund Hashim
Drew Bundini Brown
Tommy Lane
Al Kirk
Shimen Ruskin
Antonio Fargas
Gertrude Jeannette
Lee Steele
Damu King
Donny Burks
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