Movie·1971·100 min

Shaft

Name: Shaft
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
Released: 1971-06-25
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell

Shaft streams in the US on Philo, Howdy Amazon Channel and Kanopy, as of October 5, 2026.

The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.

6.4 / 10 · TMDBIMDb 6.6Letterboxd 3.5

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Crime Thriller Drama Action

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

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