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About
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Theatrical
Jun 21, 1972
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 1, 1993
Box Office
$10.0M
Budget
$2.0M
Return
5.1x
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
M
Moses Gunn
Bumpy Jonas
D
Drew Bundini Brown
Willy
J
Joseph Mascolo
Gus Mascola
K
Kathy Imrie
Rita
W
Wally Taylor
Johnny Kelly
J
Julius Harris
Capt. Bollin
R
Rosalind Miles
Arna Asby
J
Joe Santos
Pascal
A
Angelo Gnazzo
Al
D
Don Blakely
Johnson
T
Thomas Anderson
Preacher
R
Robert Kya-Hill
Cal Asby
D
Dan P. Hannafin
Cooper
F
Frank Adonis
Rip
M
Marilyn Hamlin
Mascola's Girl
J
Jahangir Ghaffari
Jerry
J
Joyce Walker
Cigarette Girl
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Quotes
See all →Determined Warning from John Shaft
John Shaft
Once this baby starts kicking, it ain't gonna stop. So nobody get cute!
[While carrying an automatic, high-powered shotgun to hold the villains at bay]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
