Shaft [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [Criterion Collection]

Shaft [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [Criterion Collection]

 Cast: Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree
, Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn
, Christopher St. John
Christopher St. John
, Gwenn Mitchell
Gwenn Mitchell
, Charles Cioffi
Charles Cioffi
Shaft [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [Criterion Collection]

Shaft [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [Criterion Collection]

 Cast: Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree
, Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn
, Christopher St. John
Christopher St. John
, Gwenn Mitchell
Gwenn Mitchell
, Charles Cioffi
Charles Cioffi

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Overview

Richard Roundtree cuts a startlingly new and powerful heroic figure as John Shaft, "the cat who won't cop out, when there's danger all about" in Gordon Parks' seminal action film, Shaft. John Shaft is a black private eye with a small office near Times Square. On his way there one day, he gets pumped for information by Lt. Victor Androzzi (Charles Cioffi), a friend of his on the police force, about something big going down in Harlem involving black crime kingpin Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn). Shaft can't help him and leaves, only to just miss being waylaid by two of Bumpy's strong-arm men at his office, one of whom ends up dead on the pavement eight floors or so below. Squeezed by the cops, who are holding a potential manslaughter arrest over his head, Shaft contacts Bumpy, who reveals that his teenage daughter, whom he's always kept away from his business, has been kidnapped. There's been no ransom demand and no clue as to who did it, and he wants Shaft to find the culprits, insisting that he start with a group of Harlem-based black militants led by Shaft's onetime friend Ben Buford (Christopher St. John). No sooner does he find Buford, holed up in a decaying part of Harlem, however, than his friend's comrades are mowed down by submachine gun fire, and Shaft and Buford barely escape. With Shaft angry and out for blood, everyone is forced to come clean -- Bumpy knows that it's the Mafia that kidnapped his daughter, as they want in on the Harlem drug trade that he controls; they're holding her somewhere else outside of Harlem, where his men are no good to him, which is why he wanted Shaft to hook up with Buford. Androzzi tells Shaft that a dozen Mob trigger men from out of town have been spotted in Greenwich Village. He doesn't know why they're there, but he does know that if fighting breaks out between Bumpy's men and the Mafia, it's going to look like a race war, and the whole city could erupt. Shaft doesn't like the way he's been manipulated, but he sees Androzzi's point -- he links the trigger men to the kidnapping and finds the girl, but loses her again, getting shot in the process. Even though he's wounded, Shaft heads for a final confrontation with the kidnappers, supported by Ben's friends in an armed assault on the building where they're holed up.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/21/2022
UPC: 0715515272414
Original Release: 1971
Source: Criterion Collection
Language: English
Time: 1:40:00
Format: Blu-ray
Sales rank: 8,053

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Richard Roundtree John Shaft
Moses Gunn Bumpy Jonas
Christopher St. John Ben Buford
Gwenn Mitchell Ellie Moore,Ellie
Charles Cioffi Vic Androzzi
Antonio Fargas Bunky
Lawrence Pressman Tom Hannon
Victor Arnold Charlie
Sherri Brewer Marcy
Rex Robbins Rollie
Camille Yarbrough Dina Greene
Margaret Warncke Linda
Joseph Leon Byron Leibowitz
Arnold Johnson Cul,Actor,Composer
Dominic Barto Patsy
George Strus Actor
Edmund Hashim Lee
Drew Bundini Brown Willy,Actor
Tommy Lane Leroy
Al Kirk Sims
Shimen Ruskin Dr. Sam
Gertrude Jeannette Actor
Lee Steele Blind Vendor
Damu King Mal,Davies
Donny Burks Remmy
Benjamin R. Rixson Actor
Alan Weeks Gus
Dennis Tate Dotts
Adam Wade Actor
James Hainesworth Actor
Clee Burtonya Actor
Ed Bernard Peerce
Ed Barth Actor,Tony
Joe Pronto Actor
Robin Nolan Waitress
Ron Tannas Actor
Betty Bresler Actor
Jon Richards Elevator Starter
Paul Nevens Actor
Gonzalo Madurga Actor
Isaac Hayes Composer

Technical Credits
Gordon Parks Director
Ernest Tidyman Screenwriter
John D.F. Black Screenwriter
Joel Freeman Producer
Judith Lamb Casting
Stirling Silliphant Executive Producer
Roger Lewis Producer
David Golden Producer
Lee Bost Sound/Sound Designer
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