Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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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
Director
Gordon Parks
Screenplay
Ernest Tidyman
Tagline
"The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,125,000
Revenue
$12,121,618
Production
Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
JPV852
June 10, 2022
Richard Roundtree was great and Shaft as a character was absolutely amazing, everything else from the plot which was thin and performances by the supporting cast was a bit iffy. The pacing was also pretty slow and despite only being 100 minutes, felt a bit longer. Still, a good opening into the franchise. **3.5/5**
CinemaSerf
September 1, 2025
Richard Rowntree exudes loads of charisma here as he takes on the role of the shrewd Harlem private investigator “Shaft” who finds himself embroiled in some fairly brutal New York politics. He’s drafted in by local gangster “Bumpy” (Moses Gunn) when this man’s daughter is kidnapped. He doesn’t know by whom or why - there are no ransom demands nor many breadcrumbs to follow, but there are plenty of...
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