The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.
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
Margaret Warncke
Linda
Joseph Leon
Byron Leibowitz
Arnold Johnson
Cul
Dominic Barto
Patsy
George Strus
Carmen
Gordon Parks
Director
Ernest Tidyman
Screenplay, Novel, Executive Producer
John D.F. Black
Screenplay
Stirling Silliphant
Executive Producer
Joel Freeman
Producer
Roger H. Lewis
Producer
David Golden
Producer
Urs Furrer
Director of Photography
Isaac Hayes
Original Music Composer
J.J. Johnson
Original Music Composer
Hugh A. Robertson
Editor
