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Shaft

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

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

19711h 40mRCrime, Thriller, Drama, Action

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About Shaft

Directors
Gordon Parks
Cast
Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Lawrence Pressman
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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