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Shaft's big score! - Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Gordon Parks

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Movie propaganda

You liked it before, so he's back with more, Shaft's back in action!

You can't say the mob wasn't warned about John Shaft. "He's a bad dude," a numbers racketeer cautions them. Now John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) himself will deliver that message in a way New York city's wise guys understand.

The blown-to-kingdom-come murder of a friend plunges Shaft into a case that bounces him like a pinball between the 133rd Precinct and competing mobs. But the players are about to be played in this rousing thriller.

Persons of interest

  • Richard Roundtree .... John Shaft
  • Moses Gunn .... Bumpy Jonas
  • Drew Bundini Brown .... Willy
  • Joseph Mascolo .... Gus Mascola
  • Kathy Imrie .... Rita
  • Wally Taylor .... Johnny Kelly
  • Julius Harris .... Captain Bollin
  • Rosalind Miles .... Arna Asby
  • Joe Santos .... Pascal
  • Angelo Nazzo .... Al
  • Don Blakely .... Johnson
  • Melvin Green Junior .... Junior Gillis
  • Thomas Anderson .... Preacher
  • Robert Kya-Hill .... Cal Asby
  • Bob Jefferson .... Harrison
  • Dan Hannafin .... Cooper
  • Jimmy Hayeson .... Caretaker
  • Henry Ferrentino .... Detective Salmi
  • Ernest Tidyman .... Screenwriter
  • Gordon Parks .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

More John Shaft. If you've seen the others you'll know exactly what to expect, it's just that any sequel always loses out to the original in terms of the surprise factor. Knowing that Shaft is a legend is different from seeing him be legendary all over again.

But he's still a legend.

Media intelligence (DVD)

  • Audio: Mono 1.0
  • Disc: Dual sided
  • Picture: Side A Regular 4:3 - Side B Widescreen 16:9
  • Languages: English, Italian, French
  • Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, English and Italian captions
  • Trailer

Security censorship classification

MA 15+ (Medium level violence)

Surveillance time

101 minutes (1:41 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

DVD retail: 13 June 2001

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