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1971

Shaft

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Credits

Director

Gordon Parks

Producers

Joel Freeman , Roger H. Lewis , Stirling Silliphant

Writers

Ernest Tidyman , John D.F. Black

Cinematographer

Urs Furrer

Composers

Isaac Hayes , J.J. Johnson

Cast

Richard Roundtree , Moses Gunn , Charles Cioffi , Christopher St. John , Gwenn Mitchell , Lawrence Pressman , Victor Arnold , Sherri Brewer , Rex Robbins , Camille Yarbrough

Studios

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Shaft Productions

Genres

Crime Thriller Action

Posters

5
Shaft (1971) theatrical poster - US
US theatrical
Shaft (1971) international poster - US
US international
Shaft (1971) character poster - US
US character
Shaft (1971) teaser poster - US
US teaser
Shaft (1971) imax poster - US
US imax

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