Critic Reviews
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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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Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
With an ultra hip musical score by Isaac Hayes, "Shaft" is a muscular black action movie where Richard Roundtree is "hotter than Bond and cooler than Bullitt"
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
It's the music that's great here, but the iconic hero is a kick to watch.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
This was the second feature of the longtime still photographer Parks, in which he brought together talent for capturing an image and personal knowledge of life on the streets to create a hard-hitting action thriller.
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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

