Shaft's Big Score!

"Last time he was nice. This time he's ice!"

1972 1h 45m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 87

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Synopsis

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John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

“Last time he was nice. This time he's ice!”

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Cast

Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
Moses Gunn
Bumpy Jonas
Drew Bundini Brown
Willy
Joseph Mascolo
Gus Mascola
Kathy Imrie
Rita
Wally Taylor
Johnny Kelly
Julius Harris
Capt. Bollin
Rosalind Miles
Arna Asby

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gordon Parks
Writers: Ernest Tidyman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.

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ERA

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54 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Shaft Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gordon Parks, shot by Urs Furrer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gordon Parks. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Moe Howard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn and Drew Bundini Brown carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gordon Parks directs. Urs Furrer behind the camera. Gordon Parks scores. Moe Howard cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.
354 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Part of the "Shaft Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Gordon Parks, shot by Urs Furrer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Gordon Parks. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Moe Howard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn and Drew Bundini Brown carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Last time he was nice. This time he's ice!".
10IMDB entry: tt0069257 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 87 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Classified under 10 themes, including "helicopter", "bomb", "gambling", "cemetery".

The technical file

Cinematography: Urs Furrer
Original score: Gordon Parks
Editing: Moe Howard
Costume design: Joseph G. Aulisi
Makeup / hair: Martin Bell
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,978,000
Box office: $10,000,000
Return: 506% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

Part of

Shaft Collection

The Shaft trilogy is composed of action-crime films centered on an African-American police detective named John Shaft, who over the course of the films have altercations with a variety of crime. The films are characterized by their blaxploitation characteristics.