New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
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Samuel L. Jackson
John Shaft
Vanessa Williams
Carmen Vasquez
Jeffrey Wright
Peoples Hernandez
Christian Bale
Walter Wade, Jr.
Busta Rhymes
Rasaan
Dan Hedaya
Jack Roselli
Toni Collette
Diane Palmieri
Richard Roundtree
"Uncle" John Shaft
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Jimmy Groves
Josef Sommer
Curt Flemming
Lynne Thigpen
Carla Howard
Philip Bosco
Walter Wade Senior
Pat Hingle
Judge Dennis Bradford
Lee Tergesen
Luger
Daniel von Bargen
Lt Kearney
John Singleton
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
Richard Price
Screenplay
Shane Salerno
Screenplay, Story
Ernest Tidyman
Novel
Steve Nicolaides
Executive Producer
Adam Schroeder
Executive Producer
Paul Hall
Executive Producer
Scott Rudin
Producer
Mark Roybal
Producer
Donald E. Thorin
Director of Photography
David Arnold
Original Music Composer
John Bloom
Editor
Antonia Van Drimmelen
Editor
Al Rodgers
Editor
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
