Shaft (1971)

Movie Details

Original Title Shaft

Original Language EN

Budget $1,125,000

Revenue $12,121,618

Status Released

Popularity 4.9

Cast

Richard Roundtree

John Shaft

Popularity: 1.1

Moses Gunn

Bumpy Jonas

Popularity: 0.2

Charles Cioffi

Vic Androzzi

Popularity: 0.4

Christopher St. John

Ben Buford

Popularity: 1.6

Gwenn Mitchell

Ellie Moore

Popularity: 0.2

Lawrence Pressman

Sergeant Tom Hannon

Popularity: 0.8

Victor Arnold

Charlie

Popularity: 0.1

Sherri Brewer

Marcy

Popularity: 0.1

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Rex Robbins

Rollie

Popularity: 0.2

Camille Yarbrough

Dina Greene

Popularity: 0.1

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Margaret Warncke

Linda

Popularity: 0.0

Joseph Leon

Byron Leibowitz

Popularity: 1.5

Key Crew

Producer Joel Freeman, David Golden, Roger H. Lewis

Executive Producer Ernest Tidyman, Stirling Silliphant

Screenplay Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black

Editor Hugh A. Robertson

Director Gordon Parks

Production

Shaft Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Videos & Trailers

Shaft • 1971 • Theatrical Trailer

Trailer

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

JPV852 7/10

Jun 10, 2022

Richard Roundtree was great and Shaft as a character was absolutely amazing, everything else from the plot which was thin and performances by the supporting cast was a bit iffy. The pacing was also pretty slow and despite only being 100 minutes, felt a bit longer. Still, a good opening into the fran ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Sep 1, 2025

Richard Rowntree exudes loads of charisma here as he takes on the role of the shrewd Harlem private investigator “Shaft” who finds himself embroiled in some fairly brutal New York politics. He’s drafted in by local gangster “Bumpy” (Moses Gunn) when this man’s daughter is kidnapped. He d ... Read more