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Shaft

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

Director

Gordon Parks

Year

Genre

action, crime, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

Shaft Productions,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 6 nominations total

Part of Collection

Shaft Collection: Shaft's Big Score!, Shaft in Africa, Shaft

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John Shaft

Richard Roundtree

Bumpy Jonas

Vic Androzzi

Ben Buford

Christopher St. John

Ellie Moore

Tom Hannon

Lawrence Pressman

Charlie

Marcy

Rollie

Dina Greene

Camille Yarbrough

Linda

Margaret Warncke

Byron Leibowitz

Cul

Patsy

Carmen

Lee

Willy

Drew Bundini Brown

Leroy

Sims

Dr. Sam

Bunky

Old Lady

Gertrude Jeannette

Blind Vendor

Mal

Remmy

Davies

Bey Newfield

Benjamin R. Rixson

Tully

Gus

Char

Dotts

Brother #1

Brother #2

James Hainesworth

Sonny

Peerce

Tony (as Ed Barth)

Dom

Waitress

Billy

Mrs. Androzzi

Counterman

Gonzalo Madurga

Elevator Man

Elevator Starter

Man

Apartment Landlord

Child

Woman in Bar

Marlene Willoughby

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John Shaft Sergeant Tom Hannon Willy Vic Androzzi Bumpy Jonas Ellie Moore Linda Ben Buford Cul Char Dina Greene Carmen

Get out the way - Shaft

Get out the way

Fine time piece brother - Shaft

Fine time piece brother

Fine timepiece, brother? - Shaft

Fine timepiece, brother?

J' what's the black private dick j' - Shaft

J' what's the black private dick j'

That's a sex machine to all the chicks - Shaft

That's a sex machine to all the chicks

J' who is the man
that would risk his neck j' - Shaft

J' who is the man that would risk his neck j'

What time you got, Tom? - Shaft

What time you got, Tom?

Got yourself a nice shine - Shaft

Got yourself a nice shine

It don't lay right - Shaft

It don't lay right

You got a minute - Shaft

You got a minute

They're soul brothers - Shaft

They're soul brothers

Where the hell are you going - Shaft

Where the hell are you going

That boy's got a lot of mouth on him. - Shaft

That boy's got a lot of mouth on him.

Make a noise
and I'll cut you in two. Back up. - Shaft

Make a noise and I'll cut you in two. Back up.

I'll take that. - Shaft

I'll take that.

My negro friends don't walk around with rabbits feet no more - Shaft

My negro friends don't walk around with rabbits feet...

No way baby - Shaft

Somethings on the boil - Shaft

Somethings on the boil

Warms my black heart to see you so concerned about us minority folks - Shaft

Warms my black heart to see you so concerned about us...

I'm not asking you to sell out - Shaft

I'm not asking you to sell out

I'll think about it. - Shaft

I'll think about it.

Wrong number. - Shaft

I got the right number - Shaft

I got the right number

Here you are. - Shaft

What the hell is this? - Shaft

What the hell is this?

What the hell is this - Shaft

What the hell is this

Cat say he's gonna be here,
he should be here. - Shaft

Cat say he's gonna be here, he should be here.

Cat say he gonna be here... - Shaft

Cat say he gonna be here...

You take crap off of him,
he'll give you some more crap. - Shaft

You take crap off of him, he'll give you some more crap...

That's some cold shit - Shaft

That's some cold shit

Glad you let yourself in, bumpy. - Shaft

Glad you let yourself in, bumpy.

Don't jive me What are you talking about - Shaft

Don't jive me What are you talking about

You know I can't go to the cops - Shaft

You know I can't go to the cops

My baby never sold nothin' to nobody - Shaft

My baby never sold nothin' to nobody

That ain't their thing - Shaft

That ain't their thing

And no questions asked about how I spend it - Shaft

And no questions asked about how I spend it

When will I hear from you? - Shaft

When will I hear from you?

When will I hear from you - Shaft

When will I hear from you

That's all I want - Shaft

That's all I want

Yeah well stay loose baby - Shaft

Yeah well stay loose baby

Are you alright - Shaft

Are you alright

Had a visitor from uptown
this afternoon, John. - Shaft

Had a visitor from uptown this afternoon, John.

Uptown, brother. Amsterdam Avenue.
Take your time. I'm early. - Shaft

Uptown, brother. Amsterdam Avenue. Take your time. I'm ...

- Hey, champ, you lost?
- No. - Shaft

- Hey, champ, you lost? - No.

- Who is it?
- John shaft, Ben. - Shaft

- Who is it? - John shaft, Ben.

Don't let your mouth get your ass in trouble - Shaft

Don't let your mouth get your ass in trouble

Stand back. - Shaft

Everything's okay, ma'am.
No need to worry. - Shaft

Everything's okay, ma'am. No need to worry.

Don't ever threaten me again - Shaft

Don't ever threaten me again

This way. This way! - Shaft

This way. This way!

When you lead that revolution,
whitey better be standing still, - Shaft

When you lead that revolution, whitey better be standing sti...

When you lead your revolution - Shaft

When you lead your revolution

I gotta find out
if they're after you or me. - Shaft

I gotta find out if they're after you or me.

I'm gonna leave you with some friends - Shaft

I'm gonna leave you with some friends

Um... the captain's at home.
Why don't you call him back? - Shaft

Um... the captain's at home. Why don't you call hi...

Till we find out why they're dead - Shaft

Till we find out why they're dead

This will open the downstairs door too. - Shaft

This will open the downstairs door too.

Watch your mouth - Shaft

Watch your mouth

I don't like your chair - Shaft

I don't like your chair

It looks like war comin' - Shaft

It looks like war comin'

You're a very wise Caucasian Vic - Shaft

You're a very wise Caucasian Vic

- Hello?
- Hello, baby. - Shaft

- Hello? - Hello, baby.

I can't make it - Shaft

I can't make it

I love you - Shaft

Hey. Get up. - Shaft

Got to see if you're clean before you can see the Man - Shaft

Got to see if you're clean before you can see the Man

Sooner or later - Shaft

Sooner or later

You're a cagey spook - Shaft

You're a cagey spook

This is Ben Buford - Shaft

This is Ben Buford

You're lying man - Shaft

You're lying man

You grabbed a dope hustler up here from the Mafia - Shaft

You grabbed a dope hustler up here from the Mafia

So the mafia grabbed your daughter, bumpy. - Shaft

So the mafia grabbed your daughter, bumpy.

Tried to snatch one for a trade. - Shaft

Tried to snatch one for a trade.

I told you, what it costs, it costs. - Shaft

I told you, what it costs, it costs.

A lot of hyped up black people give you that money you're spendin' - Shaft

A lot of hyped up black people give you that money...

Your case just busted wide open - Shaft

Your case just busted wide open

'Cause you're gonna need an army
to get my baby back. - Shaft

'Cause you're gonna need an army to get my baby ba...

That's what honky's government pays a cat in the army for insurance - Shaft

That's what honky's government pays a cat in the...

$10,000 a head. - Shaft

$10,000 a head.

I thought the money didn't matter to you - Shaft

I thought the money didn't matter to you

This is where I get off, man. - Shaft

This is where I get off, man.

- Hey, man.
- Hey, hey, Billy, come here. - Shaft

- Hey, man. - Hey, hey, Billy, come here.

How about me taking over the bar for awhile - Shaft

How about me taking over the bar for awhile

To the big-hearted owner
of the no name bar. - Shaft

To the big-hearted owner of the no name bar.

That's all booze - Shaft

That's all booze

There's a girl over there - Shaft

There's a girl over there

A lot of loose stuff around here, Jim? - Shaft

A lot of loose stuff around here, Jim?

Get lost, huh? - Shaft

Hey, throw me a towel. - Shaft

Hey, throw me a towel.

It's a nice pad you got here. - Shaft

It's a nice pad you got here.

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

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Director: Gordon Parks

Writer: Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black

Production: Shaft Productions,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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

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Shaft Collection: Shaft's Big Score!, Shaft in Africa, Shaft

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