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Shaft

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R,1hr 38min

Genre:

Action

Released:

January 1, 1971

Director:

Gordon Parks

Distributor:

Warner Home Video

Starring:

Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Gwen Mitchell ...more

Synopsis: Richard Roundtree cuts a startlingly new and powerful heroic figure as John Shaft, "the cat who won't cop out, when there's danger all about" in Gordon Parks' seminal action film, Shaft. John Shaft is a black private eye with a small office near Times Square. On his way there one day, he gets pumped for information by Lt. Victor Androzzi (Charles Cioffi), a friend of his on the police force, about something big going down in Harlem involving black crime kingpin Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn). Shaft can't ... Full Synopsis

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	Bruce Eder, AMG Review Gordon Parks' Shaft was something startlingly new and unexpected when it appeared in 1971 -- indeed, it was unique with its lead character, a tough, aggressive, attractive black man, played with great charisma by Richard Roundtree. Up to that time, the only black leading men in any Hollywood studio films had been genial, articulate personalities who were acceptable to moderate white audiences: Sidney ... Full Review

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	Richard Roundtree Shaft Moses Gunn Bumpy Jonas Gwen Mitchell Ellie Christopher St. John Ben Buford

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