Directed by Gordon Parks Written by Ernest Tidyman   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 (as Julius W. Harris) Rosalind Miles ... Arna Asby Joe Santos ... Pascal Angelo Gnazzo ... Al (as Angelo Nazzo) Don Blakely ... Johnson Melvin Green Jr. ... Junior Gillis Thomas Anderson ... Preacher Evelyn Davis ... Old Lady Richard Pittman ... Kelly's Hood #1 Robert Kya-Hill ... Cal Asby Thomas Brann ... Mascola's Hood Bob Jefferson ... Harrison Dan Hannafin ... Cooper (as Dan P. Hannafin) Jimmy Hayeson ... Caretaker Henry Ferrentino ... Det. Salmi Frank Adonis ... Rip (as Frank Scioscia) Kitty Jones ... Cabaret Dancer Gregory Reese ... Foglio Marilyn Hamlin ... Mascola's Girl Cihangir Gaffari ... Jerry (as John Foster) Joyce Walker ... Cigarette Girl John Foster   Uncredited Cast Gordon Parks ... Croupier Produced by David Golden   Roger H. Lewis   Ernest Tidyman   Stirling Silliphant   Original Music by Gordon Parks

Additional Info Premiere: June 08, 1972 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 Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (1972) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2000) (USA) (DVD) MGM/UA Home Video   (1993) (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating 5.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.3 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,331 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #6,327 Un Chant D'Amour (1950) #6,328 Dollman (1991) #6,329 Evil Dead Trap (1988) #6,330 Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011) #6,331 Shaft's Big Score! (1972) #6,332 Open Graves (2009) #6,333 The Legend Of Boggy Creek (1972) #6,334 Candy Land (2022) #6,335 Going To Pieces: The Rise And Fall Of The Slasher Film (2006)