Plot
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Cast
as John Shaft
as Bumpy Jonas
as Vic Androzzi
as Ben Buford
as Ellie Moore
as Sergeant Tom Hannon
as Charlie
as Marcy
as Rollie
as Dina Greene
Gallery
Reviews
Richard Roundtree was great and Shaft as a character was absolutely amazing, everything else from the plot which was thin and performances by the supporting cast was a bit iffy. The pacing was also pretty slow and despite only being 100 minutes, felt a bit longer. Still, a good opening into the franchise. **3.5/5**
Richard Rowntree exudes loads of charisma here as he takes on the role of the shrewd Harlem private investigator “Shaft” who finds himself embroiled in some fairly brutal New York politics. He’s drafted in by local gangster “Bumpy” (Moses Gunn) when this man’s daughter is kidnapped. He doesn’t know by whom or why - there are no ransom demands nor many breadcrumbs to follow, but there are plenty o…