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About
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
Theatrical
Jun 20, 1973
Box Office
$1.5M
Budget
$2.1M
Return
0.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 6, 2000
Director
Producers
Roger H. Lewis, René Dupont, Kirk Kerkorian
Music
Studio
Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
F
Frank Finlay
Vincent Amafi
V
Vonetta McGee
Aleme
N
Neda Arnerić
Jazar
D
Debebe Eshetu
Wassa
S
Spiros Focás
Marco Sassari
J
Jacques Herlin
Perreau
J
Jho Jhenkins
Ziba
W
Willie Jonah
Oyo
A
Adolfo Lastretti
Piro
M
Marne Maitland
Col. Gonder
F
Frank McRae
Osiat
N
Nadim Sawalha
Zubair
T
Thomas Baptiste
Kopo
J
Jon Chevron
Shimba
G
Glynn Edwards
Vanden
C
Cy Grant
Emir Ramila
J
Jacques Marin
Cusset
A
Aldo Sambrell
Angelo
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Shaft is stickin it...all the way.
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THE Brother Man in the Motherland.
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