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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Ernest Tidyman (writer)
Release Date:
8 June 1972 (USA) more
Tagline:
A brand new caper. more
Plot:
Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
Filmmaker Gordon Parks Dies at 93
(From WENN. 8 March 2006)
User Comments:
'Shaft' scores. more (17 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | ... | Capt. Bollin (as Julius W. Harris) | |
| Rosalind Miles | ... | Arna Asby | |
| Joe Santos | ... | Pascal | |
| Angelo Nazzo | ... | Al | |
| Don Blakely | ... | Johnson | |
| Melvin Green Jr. | ... | Junior Gillis | |
| Thomas Anderson | ... | Preacher | |
| Evelyn Davis | ... | Old Lady | |
| Richard Pittman | ... | Kelly's Hood #1 |
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104 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16
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The shotgun used by John Shaft in the last part of the film is the High Standard HS-10B designed circa 1970, originally a law enforcement only firearm. more
Quotes:
Shaft:
[carrying a semi-automatic shotgun] Drop the guns and freeze! When this baby starts kicking, it won't stop. So, nobody get cute!
[a thug goes for his gun and Shaft blows him away]
Shaft:
Who's Next?
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Referenced in The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live (1989) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Misunderstand more
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My Take: Fine Harlem-set thriller with a thrilling climax.
Richard Roundtree returns as the black foul-mouthed private eye John Shaft, reprising the role he made famous in the previous film SHAFT. Made in 1972, SHAFT'S BIG SCORE clearly shows its age as an old star vehicle. Almost everything, from clothing, quips and concept, have been outdated by today's bigger standards. Still, there's much to enjoy in Roundtree's iconic portrayal as the private eye Shaft as he gets tangled up with the mob, led by gangster Gus Mascola (Joseph Mascolo).
So much of the film is devoted to a lot of mob meetings and Shaft at his private eye work, and less comes the action. Up until the finale, a terrific long helicopter chase, the film is devoted to Ernest Tidyman's (THE FRENCH CONNECTION) well-written if often tedious screenplay. Long out-dated and outdone by better anti-Bond cop movies as DIRTY HARRY and THE FRENCH CONNECTION which still stood the test of time. Still, SHAFT'S BIG SCORE! is an enjoyable caper, Roundtree and the action finale delights.
Rating: *** out of 5.