Log-in to add movie to favourites
Movie added to favourites
Movie removed from favourites

"Shaft" quotes

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

Director: Gordon Parks
Writer: Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black
Production: N/A
Genre: action, crime, thriller
Year: 1971
MetaScore: 66/100
ImdbRating: 6.6
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 02 Jul 1971
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 6 nominations total

60 video clips

John ShaftSergeant Tom HannonWillyVic AndrozziBumpy JonasEllie MooreLindaBen BufordCulCharDina GreeneCarmen
Your case just busted wide open - Shaft 00:14 Your case just busted wide open That's what honky's government pays a cat in the army for insurance - Shaft 00:35 That's what honky's government pays a cat in the... Close it yourself - Shaft 00:08 Close it yourself That's a sex machine to all the chicks - Shaft 00:47 That's a sex machine to all the chicks Don't let your mouth get your ass in trouble - Shaft 00:04 Don't let your mouth get your ass in trouble Sooner or later - Shaft 00:17 Sooner or later Warms my black heart to see you so concerned about us minority folks - Shaft 00:20 Warms my black heart to see you so concerned about us... Where the hell are you going - Shaft 00:08 Where the hell are you going That's all I want - Shaft 00:05 That's all I want I got the right number - Shaft 00:11 I got the right number I can't make it - Shaft 00:12 I can't make it Got to see if you're clean before you can see the Man - Shaft 00:19 Got to see if you're clean before you can see the Man Baby please close the door - Shaft 00:08 Baby please close the door Are you alright - Shaft 00:17 Are you alright When you lead your revolution - Shaft 00:08 When you lead your revolution You're a very wise Caucasian Vic - Shaft 00:04 You're a very wise Caucasian Vic Call me when you get home - Shaft 00:14 Call me when you get home That's some cold shit - Shaft 00:13 That's some cold shit I'm lookin' for a nigger named John Shaft - Shaft 00:41 I'm lookin' for a nigger named John Shaft I love you - Shaft 00:08 I love you You're really great in the sack - Shaft 00:08 You're really great in the sack I don't like your chair - Shaft 00:05 I don't like your chair No way baby - Shaft 00:03 No way baby When will I hear from you - Shaft 00:10 When will I hear from you A lot of hyped up black people give you that money you're spendin' - Shaft 00:21 A lot of hyped up black people give you that money... You got a minute - Shaft 00:06 You got a minute Don't ever threaten me again - Shaft 00:07 Don't ever threaten me again It looks like war comin' - Shaft 00:17 It looks like war comin' That big eared Captain I got was listening - Shaft 00:53 That big eared Captain I got was listening Get out the way - Shaft 00:03 Get out the way Wrong number - Shaft 00:06 Wrong number And no questions asked about how I spend it - Shaft 00:10 And no questions asked about how I spend it You're a cagey spook - Shaft 00:07 You're a cagey spook Got yourself a nice shine - Shaft 00:06 Got yourself a nice shine It don't lay right - Shaft 00:03 It don't lay right They're soul brothers - Shaft 00:25 They're soul brothers My negro friends don't walk around with rabbits feet no more - Shaft 00:10 My negro friends don't walk around with rabbits feet... Somethings on the boil - Shaft 00:10 Somethings on the boil Don't jive me What are you talking about - Shaft 00:04 Don't jive me What are you talking about My baby never sold nothin' to nobody - Shaft 00:11 My baby never sold nothin' to nobody Yeah well stay loose baby - Shaft 00:04 Yeah well stay loose baby I'm gonna leave you with some friends - Shaft 00:09 I'm gonna leave you with some friends This is Ben Buford - Shaft 00:11 This is Ben Buford You're lying man - Shaft 00:07 You're lying man That's all booze - Shaft 00:08 That's all booze There's a girl over there - Shaft 00:44 There's a girl over there It's a nice pad you got here - Shaft 00:19 It's a nice pad you got here Some other time - Shaft 00:15 Some other time I thought the money didn't matter to you - Shaft 00:11 I thought the money didn't matter to you Watch your mouth - Shaft 00:05 Watch your mouth I'm not asking you to sell out - Shaft 00:09 I'm not asking you to sell out What the hell is this - Shaft 00:06 What the hell is this That ain't their thing - Shaft 00:04 That ain't their thing Till we find out why they're dead - Shaft 00:16 Till we find out why they're dead Get on the phone - Shaft 00:08 Get on the phone You grabbed a dope hustler up here from the Mafia - Shaft 00:18 You grabbed a dope hustler up here from the Mafia How about me taking over the bar for awhile - Shaft 00:08 How about me taking over the bar for awhile Fine time piece brother - Shaft 00:07 Fine time piece brother You know I can't go to the cops - Shaft 00:19 You know I can't go to the cops

Cast

John Shaft - Richard Roundtree
Bumpy Jonas - Moses Gunn
Vic Androzzi - Charles Cioffi
Ben Buford - Christopher St. John
Ellie Moore - Gwenn Mitchell
All Cast