"The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here."
★6.4(405)19711h 40m
ActionCrimeThriller
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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Part of Shaft Collection
The films may share a continuing storyline
Top Billed 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
Rex Robbins
Rollie
Camille Yarbrough
Dina Greene
M
Margaret Warncke
Linda
Joseph Leon
Byron Leibowitz
Arnold Johnson
Cul
Dominic Barto
Patsy
G
George Strus
Carmen
Edmund Hashim
Lee
Drew Bundini Brown
Willy
Tommy Lane
Leroy
A
Al Kirk
Sims
Shimen Ruskin
Dr. Sam
Crew
J
Joel Freeman
Producer
D
David Golden
Producer
R
Roger H. Lewis
Producer
Ernest Tidyman
Executive Producer
Ernest Tidyman
Screenplay
Stirling Silliphant
Executive Producer
J
John D.F. Black
Screenplay
Gordon Parks
Director
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