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Film / 1971
Shaft
Directed by
Gordon Parks
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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Cast
Richard RoundtreeJohn Shaft
Moses GunnBumpy Jonas
Charles CioffiVic Androzzi
Christopher St. JohnBen Buford
Gwenn MitchellEllie Moore
Lawrence PressmanSergeant Tom Hannon
Victor ArnoldCharlie
Sherri BrewerMarcy
Rex RobbinsRollie
Camille YarbroughDina Greene
Margaret WarnckeLinda
Joseph LeonByron Leibowitz
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Arnold JohnsonCul
Dominic BartoPatsy
George StrusCarmen
Edmund HashimLee
Drew Bundini BrownWilly
Tommy LaneLeroy
Al KirkSims
Shimen RuskinDr. Sam
Antonio FargasBunky
Gertrude JeannetteOld Lady
Lee SteeleBlind Vendor
Damu KingMal
Donny BurksRemmy
Tony KingDavies
Benjamin R. RixsonBey Newfield
Ricardo BrownTully
Alan WeeksGus
Glenn JohnsonChar
Dennis TateDotts
Adam WadeBrother #1
James HainesworthBrother #2
Clee BurtonyaSonny
Ed BernardPeerce
Eddie BarthTony
Joe ProntoDom
Robin NolanWaitress
Ron TannasBilly
Betty BreslerMrs. Androzzi
Gonzalo MadurgaCounterman
Paul NevensElevator Man
Jon RichardsElevator Starter
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