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Shaft's Big Score! is a 1972 American blaxploitation action-crime film starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft. It is the second entry in the Shaft film series, with both director Gordon Parks and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman reprising their roles from the first film.
Aug 10, 1972 · Shaft's Big Score!: Directed by Gordon Parks. With Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo. Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
- (3.6K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Gordon Parks
There's a careening car chase through the city to the waterfront, a speedboat chase, and a helicopter that hounds Shaft to the climactic shootout in a Brooklyn shipyard. It's downright lavish compared to the original , but Parks keeps it rough and gritty with his New York locations and urban atmosphere.
- Gordon Parks, William C. Gerrity
- Richard Roundtree
The tacky 70's style furniture is so funny to see now. Composer Gordon Parks creates a killer funky fusion of jazz rock, soul singing, and funk rock for Shaft's Big Score!'s film score.
- (12)
- Gordon Parks
- R
- Richard Roundtree
When Shaft finds out that a dead friend ran a numbers racket out of his legitimate business and left $250,000 unaccounted for, he knows why he has suddenly found himself in the middle of a war between rival thugs.
Jul 3, 2019 · The original trailer in high definition of Shaft's Big Score! directed by Gordon Parks and starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown and Joseph Mascolo.
- 3 min
- 2.6K
- HD Retro Trailers
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"Shaft's Big Score" was made on a larger budget than "Shaft," and the quality shows. This time director Gordon Parks uses Panavision, surrounds his hero with a talented cast, and pours on the special effects.
