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Shaft (1971)

Movie"The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here."
Audience Score
64
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R 1 hr 40 minJul 2nd, 1971Action, Crime, ThrillerShaft Collection PosterPart of Shaft Collection
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
StarringRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnCharles Cioffi
DirectorGordon Parks

Shaft Showtimes on January 15th, 2025

1658.9 mi.

Classic York Theatre

1:00pm7:00pm
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Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 2nd, 1971 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 6th, 2000 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$1,125,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$12,121,618 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Stirling Silliphant, Ernest Tidyman
Production Companies:Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Movie Tags:
new york citypolicedaughtersuspensefulblaxploitation cinemaaggressiveghettotenseblack peoplebiting

Shaft Collection

The Shaft trilogy is composed of action-crime films centered on an African-American police detective named John Shaft, who over the course of the films have altercations with a variety of crime. The films are characterized by their blaxploitation characteristics.