Shaft
Sign in to save1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks
Film · TMDB
6.4Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Released: 1971-06-23100 minDir: Gordon ParksAction, Crime, Thriller
Cast
- Richard Roundtree as John Shaft
- Moses Gunn as Bumpy Jonas
- Charles Cioffi as Vic Androzzi
- Christopher St. John as Ben Buford
- Gwenn Mitchell as Ellie Moore
- Lawrence Pressman as Sergeant Tom Hannon
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.6/10
22,070 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
66/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key dates
- Published
- 9 August 1972
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Shaft's Big Score
- Director
- Gordon Parks
- Screenwriter
- John D. F. Black
- Composer
- Isaac Hayes
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer