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 , David Golden , Roger H. Lewis Writers Ernest Tidyman , John D.F. Black Cinematographer Urs Furrer Editor Hugh A. Robertson Composers J.J. Johnson , Isaac Hayes Casting Judith Lamb 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 External IMDb Amazon Posters 5
