Critic Reviews
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A.D. Murphy, Variety
Excellent cast, headed by newcomer Richard Roundtree, may shock some audiences with heavy dose of candid dialog and situation.
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Forty years of gumshoe noir collided with black power in this 1971 action classic, the most popular of the blaxploitation pictures.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Parks isn't especially good at action direction, but the heart of a private-eye movie is in the mood scenes, anyway, and he supplies a scene in a bar and another one with the Harlem rackets boss that are very nice.
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, Film4
An efficient cop thriller, with a charismatic performance from Roundtree as "the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about...Shaft!" Can you dig it?
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Kim Newman, Empire Magazine
A blaxploitation pic that's never quite as cool as its theme song.
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Cast
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Richard Roundtreeas Shaft -
Moses Gunnas Bumpy Jonas -
Gwen Mitchellas Ellie
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Christopher St. Johnas Ben Buford -
Charles Cioffias Lieutenant Victor Androzzi -
Camille Yarbroughas Dina Greene
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