Shaft. The name conjures up images of the classic blaxploitation hero, in a turtleneck and leather coat with jumbo…
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Cast
Richard Roundtree (John Shaft)Moses Gunn (Bumpy Jonas)Charles Cioffi (Vic Androzzi)Christopher St. John (Ben Buford)Gwenn Mitchell (Ellie Moore)Lawrence Pressman (Tom Hannon)Victor Arnold (Charlie)Sherri Brewer (Marcy)Rex Robbins (Rollie)Camille Yarbrough (Dina Greene)Margaret Warncke (Linda)Joseph Leon (Byron Leibowitz)Arnold Johnson (Cul)Dominic Barto (Patsy)George Strus (Carmen)Edmund Hashim (Lee)Drew Bundini Brown (Willy)Tommy Lane (Leroy)
Director
Gordon Parks
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Synopsis
A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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