Directed by John Guillermin Written by Ernest Tidyman Stirling Silliphant Cast Richard Roundtree ... John Shaft Frank Finlay ... Amafi Vonetta McGee ... Aleme Neda Arneric ... Jazar Debebe Eshetu ... Wassa Spyros Fokas ... Sassari (as Spiros Focas) Jacques Herlin ... Perreau Jho Jhenkins ... Ziba Willie Jonah ... Oyo Adolfo Lastretti ... Piro Marne Maitland ... Col. Gonder Frank McRae ... Osiat Zenebech Tadesse ... The Prostitute Avelio Falana ... Ramila's Son (as A.V. Falana) James E. Myers ... Williams Nadim Sawalha ... Zubair Thomas Baptiste ... Kopo Jon Chevron ... Shimba Glynn Edwards ... Vanden Cy Grant ... Emir Ramila Jacques Marin ... Cusset Nik Zaran ... Sadi Aldo Sambrell ... Angelo Produced by René Dupont Roger H. Lewis Original Music by Johnny Pate

Additional Info Premiere: June 14, 1973 DVD Release: June 06, 2000 Blu-ray Release: May 21, 2019 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Shaft Productions Ltd. Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (1973) (USA) (theatrical) MGM/UA Home Video   (1993) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (1999) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2019) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.9 / 10 Our Rating 5.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.0 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,560 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #6,556 Day Of The Animals (1977) #6,557 Nick Fury: Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998) #6,558 Hitch-Hike (1977) #6,559 The Condemned 2 (2015) #6,560 Shaft In Africa (1973) #6,561 Children Of The Corn: Revelation (2001) #6,562 Killer Movie (2008) #6,563 Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988) #6,564 Arachnid (2001)