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Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black. It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series.
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.
John D.F. Black. Screenplay. Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Producer: Joel Freeman, David Golden Director: Gordon Parks Screenplay: Ernest Tidyman, John D. F. Black Cinematography: Urs Furrer Film Editing: Hugh A. Robertson Art Direction: Emanuel Gerard Music: Isaac Hayes, J.J. Johnson Cast: Richard Roundtree (John Shaft), Moses Gunn (Bumpy Jonas), Charles Cioffi (Vic Androzzi), Christopher St. John ...
A Harlem mob boss (Moses Gunn) hires a private eye (Richard Roundtree).
John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy (Moses Gunn), the leader of the black crime mob, then against black nationals,...
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