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Shaft

Name: Shaft
Director: Gordon Parks
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
Released: 1971-06-25
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell

CrimeThrillerDramaAction

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 RoundtreeMoses GunnCharles CioffiChristopher St. JohnGwenn MitchellLawrence PressmanVictor ArnoldSherri BrewerRex RobbinsCamille YarbroughMargaret WarnckeJoseph Leon

Director

Gordon Parks

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