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Jul 2, 1971 · Shaft: Directed by Gordon Parks. With Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John. A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Gordon Parks
- 1971-07-02
Richard Arnold Roundtree (July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and four of its sequels, Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973), [1] [2] its 2000 sequel [3] [4] and its 2019 sequel, [2] as well as the eponymous television ...
Oct 25, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, a Hollywood icon who played John Shaft in the 1971 introduction to the "Shaft" film franchise, has died. He was 81. His manager, Patrick McMinn of McMinn Management and...
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The plot revolves around a private detective named John Shaft who is hired by a Harlem mobster to rescue his daughter from the Italian mobsters who kidnapped her. The film stars Richard Roundtree as Shaft, alongside Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John and Lawrence Pressman .
Oct 24, 2023 · CNN —. Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died. He was 81. The news was confirmed by ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Richard Roundtree, the actor who redefined African American masculinity in the movies when he played the title role in “ Shaft ,” one of the first Black action heroes, died on Tuesday at his...
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Oct 25, 2023 · Getty Images. Richard Roundtree, an icon of Blaxploitation film who starred as detective John Shaft in Gordon Parks’ 1971 action thriller, died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with...
