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Movie

Shaft

1971·1h 40m·R
CrimeThrillerAction
IMDb Rating
★ 6.6/10
23,032 votes
Metascore
66
Metacritic

A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Shaft is a 1971 crime thriller movie directed by Gordon Parks, starring Charles Cioffi, Moses Gunn, Richard Roundtree. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 23,032 votes and runs 1h 40m.

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Director
Gordon Parks
Stars
Charles Cioffi
Moses Gunn
Richard Roundtree
Christopher St. John
Details
1971-07-02
100 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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