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 #6,522 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #6,518 Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 4 (1988) #6,519 Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 1 (1985) #6,520 Hot Seat (2022) #6,521 Fear(s) Of The Dark (2007) #6,522 Shaft In Africa (1973) #6,523 The Huntress: Rune Of The Dead (2019) #6,524 Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) #6,525 Killer Mermaid (2014) #6,526 Ghost In The Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers (2013)