What is Shaft (movie)?
{{italic title}} '''''Shaft''''' is a 1971 [[crime]] [[drama movie]]. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Gordon Parks]]. ==Plot== John Shaft, a private [[detective]], is warned that some [[gangster]]s are looking for him. [[Police officer|Police Lieutenant]] Vic Androzzi meets with Shaft. Androzzi unsuccessfully tries to get some information on the gangsters. When Androzzi leaves, Shaft sees one of the men waiting for him in his office building. He brings the first gangster into the office. The second gangster is waiting there. After a quick fight, Shaft avoids one of the gangsters, who goes out the window. The other gangster surrenders and tells Shaft that a man named Bumpy Jonas wanted a meeting between him and Shaft. Jonas is the leader of a [[Harlem]]-based [[organized crime]] family, Shaft meets with Bumpy. Shaft learns that Bumpy's daughter, Marcy Jonas, has been [[kidnapping|kidnapped]]. Bumpy asks Shaft to make sure that Marcy is returned safely. Shaft tracks down a man named Ben Buford. A big shootout takes place. After the shooting, Shaft is told by Vic that ''he'' (Shaft) was the target, and not Ben. But the view is [[Black people|black]] against [[White people|white]], according to the general public. Vic shows Shaft two pictures of the [[American Mafia|Mafia]] men who arrived in [[New York City]]. Shaft suspects that gangsters are watching his place from a local [[bar (business)|bar]]. He pretends being a bartender. He calls the police to have the gangsters arrested. He later goes to the police station and sets up a meeting. The meeting is about where Bumpy's daughter is being held. ==Cast== *[[Richard Roundtree]] as [[John Shaft]] *[[Moses Gunn]] as Bumpy Jonas *[[Charles Cioffi]] as Lt. Vic Androzzi *[[Christopher St. John]] as Ben Buford *Gwenn Mitchell as Ellie Moore *[[Lawrence Pressman]] as Tom Hannon *[[Victor Arnold (American actor)|Victor Arnold]] as Charlie *Sherri Brewer as Marcy Jonas *[[Rex Robbins]] as Rollie *[[Camille Yarbrough]] as Dina Greene *Margaret Warncke as Linda *