Shaft
In January 1971, John Shaft, a private detective, is informed that some gangsters are looking for him. Police Lt. Vic Androzzi meets Shaft and unsuccessfully tries to get information from him on the two gangsters. After Androzzi leaves, Shaft spots one of the men waiting for him in his office building. He forces the first gangster into his office where the second gangster is waiting. During a short fight, Shaft dodges one of them who goes out the window, while the other surrenders and reveals to him that Bumpy Jonas, the leader of a Harlem-based organized crime family, wants Shaft brought uptown to Harlem for a meeting.
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Genre: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Ernest Tidyman, Stirling Silliphant, Joel Freeman, David Golden, Roger H. Lewis |
| Directed By: | Gordon Parks |
| Written By: | Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black |
| Cast: | Victor Arnold, Ed Bernard, Gonzalo Madurga, Lee Steele, Gwenn Mitchell, Gordon Parks, George Strus, Arnold Johnson, Lawrence Pressman, Alan Weeks, Eddie Barth, Damu King, Gertrude Jeannette, Jon Richards, Dominic Barto, Clee Burtonya, Margaret Warncke, Al Kirk, Edmund Hashim, Camille Yarbrough, Ricardo Brown, Drew Bundini Brown, Antonio Fargas, Tommy Lane, Sherri Brewer, Moses Gunn, Adam Wade, Paul Nevens, Betty Bresler, Charles Cioffi, Dennis Tate, Joe Pronto, Tony King, Glenn Johnson, Joseph Leon, Rex Robbins, Robin Nolan, Shimen Ruskin, Christopher St. John, Richard Roundtree |
| In Theaters: | Jul 02, 1971 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Production: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Shaft Productions |
| Budget: | $1,125,000 |
| Box Office: | $12,121,618 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
