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Shaft
“The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.”
1971·1h 40m·🇺🇸
ActionCrimeThriller
6.6/ 1022,998 votes
Direction
Writing
Music
Cinematography
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
?
Margaret Warncke
Linda
Joseph Leon
Byron Leibowitz
Arnold Johnson
Cul
Dominic Barto
Patsy
?
George Strus
Carmen
Edmund Hashim
Lee
Drew Bundini Brown
Willy
Tommy Lane
Leroy
?
Al Kirk
Sims
Shimen Ruskin
Dr. Sam
Synopsis
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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Academy Awards
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Best Original SongMusic and Lyrics by Isaac Hayes
Winner○
Best Original ScoreIsaac Hayes
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