---
title: 'Shaft (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gordon Parks'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shaft-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067741/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shaft (1971)

1971 · 97 min · Drama, Action, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black. It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft franchise. The plot revolves around a private detective named John Shaft who is hired by a Harlem mobster to rescue his daughter from the Italian mobsters who kidnapped her. The film stars Richard Roundtree as Shaft, alongside Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, and Lawrence Pressman.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gordon Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-parks)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernest Tidyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-tidyman), [John D. F. Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-d-f-black)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Isaac Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/isaac-hayes)
- **Director of Photography:** [Urs Furrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/urs-furrer)
- **Editor:** [Hugh A. Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-a-robertson)

## Cast

- [Gordon Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-parks)
- [Joseph Léon](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-leon)
- [Moses Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/moses-gunn)
- [Dominic Barto](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-barto)
- [Antonio Fargas](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-fargas)
- [Lawrence Pressman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-pressman)
- [Richard Roundtree](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-roundtree) as John Shaft
- [Ed Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-bernard)
- [Charles Cioffi](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-cioffi)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/shaft-1971
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