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Shaft (1971)

R ★ 6.4/10 100 min Action, Crime, Thriller United States English
Director: Gordon Parks
Novel: Ernest Tidyman
Screenplay by: Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black
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The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.

Description

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

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Top Cast

Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree John Shaft
Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn Bumpy Jonas
Charles Cioffi
Charles Cioffi Vic Androzzi
Christopher St. John
Christopher St. John Ben Buford
Gwenn Mitchell
Gwenn Mitchell Ellie Moore
Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman Sergeant Tom Hannon
Victor Arnold
Victor Arnold Charlie
Sherri Brewer
Sherri Brewer Marcy

Shaft Appears on 9 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #472
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #317
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #1125
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #654

Critic Curated

Collider's 50 Essential Action Movies
Collider #040
Slashfilms 95 Best Action Movies Ever List
SlashFilm #79
Slates The New Black Film Canon The 75 Greatest
Slate Magazine #08
Vulture's 101 Best Movies Set In New York City
Vulture #52

Genre Curation

Top 100 Blaxploitation Movies as Rated by the Letterboxd Community
Letterboxd #27

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