Directed by Lawrence Dobkin Written by Ernest Tidyman   William Read Woodfield   Cast Richard Roundtree ... John Shaft Eddie Barth ... Lt. Al Rossi (as Ed Barth) Clu Gulager ... Richard Quayle Fionnula Flanagan ... Louise Quayle Judie Stein ... Laura Parks Mills Watson ... Henry Kassner Joe Warfield ... Gerald Wallace Sheldon Allman ... Frank Higget John Garwood ... Plainclothesman #1 Glenn Robards ... Plainclothesman #2 Danny Wells ... Bookie Bill Walker ... Moon Uncredited Cast Rudy Doucette ... Detective Janice Durkin ... Girl Sid Haig ... Higget's Bodyguard Than Wyenn ... Corman Produced by Allan Balter   Dann Cahn   William Read Woodfield   Original Music by Johnny Pate

Additional Info Premiere: February 19, 1974 DVD Release: November 10, 2011 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies MGM Television Distributors CBS   (1973) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Warner Home Video   (2011) (USA) (DVD) (dvdr) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #10,553 / 20,906 Site Ranking