This ground breaking detective picture features Isaac Hayes' Oscar-winning theme song and stars Richard Roundtree (Seven, Shaft's Big Score) as John Shaft, a street-wise black detective hired to find the beautiful kidnapped daughter of powerful Harlem mobster, Moses Gunn (Ragtime, Heartbreak Ridge). Helmed by award-winning director Gordon Parks (The Learning Tree, Leadbelly), its huge commercial success spawned two sequels and a TV series.
