Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by the late Gordon Parks and written by the late Ernest Tidyman and the late John D. F. Black. It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series. The film stars the late Richard Roundtree as Shaft, alongside the late Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John and Lawrence Pressman. It was followed by Shaft's Big Score! in 1972.
John Shaft (Ricahard Roundtree) is the ultimate in suave Black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy (Moses Gunn), the leader of the Black crime mob, then against Black nationals, and finally working with both against the White Mafia who are trying to blackmail Bumpy by kidnapping his daughter.
Victims[]
- Leroy - Accidentally committed suicide by charging at John Shaft causing him to fall out a window.
- Sonny - Bled out after being shot Lee.
- Two Unnamed Male Black Militants - Shot to death by Lee.
- Tony - Shot to death by Lee.
- Unnamed Male Black Militant - Killed by Lee off-screen, body seen.
- Unnamed Man - Killed by Lee off-screen, body seen.
- Charlie - Shot to death by Lee and a mob member while being used as a human shield by John Shaft.
- Unnamed Male Mob Member - Shot to death by John Shaft.
- Lee - Shot to death by John Shaft.
- Two Unnamed Male Mob Members - Shot to death by Ben Buford.
- Unnamed Male Black Militant - Bled out after being shot by a mob member.
Deaths[]
- Total - 13
- All Men
Kill Counts[]
- Lee - 7 (Deceased)
- John Shaft - 3 (Alive)
- Ben Buford - 2 (Alive)