Shaft

Action 1971 1 hr 40 min iTunes

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This ground breaking detective picture features Isaac Hayes' Oscar-winning theme song and stars Richard Roundtree ("Seven," "Shaft's Big Score") as John Shaft, a street-wise black detective hired to find the beautiful kidnapped daughter of powerful Harlem mobster, Moses Gunn ("Ragtime," "Heartbreak Ridge"). Helmed by award-winning director Gordon Parks ("The Learning Tree," "Leadbelly"), its huge commercial success spawned two sequels and a TV series.

Action 1971 1 hr 40 min iTunes

R

Starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi

Director Gordon Parks, John Singleton

Shaft

Richard Roundtree

John Shaft
Moses Gunn

Bumpy Jonas
Charles Cioffi

Vic Androzzi
Chris St. John

Ben Buford
Gwenn Mitchell

Ellie Moore

About

Shaft

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This ground breaking detective picture features Isaac Hayes' Oscar-winning theme song and stars Richard Roundtree ("Seven," "Shaft's Big Score") as John Shaft, a street-wise black detective hired to find the beautiful kidnapped daughter of powerful Harlem mobster, Moses Gunn ("Ragtime," "Heartbreak Ridge"). Helmed by award-winning director Gordon Parks ("The Learning Tree," "Leadbelly"), its huge commercial success spawned two sequels and a TV series.

Violence, some sex, profanity in '70s classic.

Average 7.5
Reviews 49
Fresh 43
Rotten 6

Information

Studio: Warner Bros.
Released: 1971
Run Time: 1 hr 40 min
Rated: R
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (CC), Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.