Shaft 1971

John shaft is a black private detective working in downtown new york city.

Shaft 1971. Shaft 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Enter city state or zip code go. John shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He learns the hard way that bumpy jonas a harlem based black mobster wants to hire him to locate his daughter marcy jonas who bumpy claims was kidnapped there being no ransom note.

Shaft a highly successful film spawned an industry of sequels and imitations. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Shaft s job is to get her back. R 1 hr 40 min jun 25th 1971 action thriller crime cool black private eye john shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

It is an adaptation of tidyman s novel of the same name and it s the first entry in the shaft film series. R 1 hr 40 min tell us where you are looking for movie tickets. The daughter sherri brewer of bumpy jones moses gunn a white gangster has been kidnapped by a rival black. Also sign me up for.

Shaft is brought in by a harlem rackets boss moses gunn whose traditional slice of power is being threatened by the mafia. He first finds himself up against bumpy the leader of the black crime mob then against black nationals and finally working with both against the white mafia who are trying to blackmail bumpy by kidnapping his daughter.