Shaft
1971/06/25 (US) | Action, Crime, Thriller
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.
Ernest Tidyman
Screenplay
John D.F. Black
Screenplay
Gordon Parks
Director
Lead 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
Budget
$ 1,125,000
Revenue
$ 12,121,618
Status
Released
Production Company
- Shaft Productions
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Crews
Joel Freeman
Producer
David Golden
Producer
Judith Lamb
Casting
Urs Furrer
Director of Photography
Roger H. Lewis
Producer
Ernest Tidyman
Executive Producer
J.J. Johnson
Original Music Composer