Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Shaft's Big Score! is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
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
Angelo Gnazzo
Al
Joe Santos
Pascal
Don Blakely
Johnson
Angelo Nazzo
Al
Gordon Parks
Director
Melvin Green, Jr.
Junior Gillis
Ernest Tidyman
Writer
Thomas Anderson
Preacher
Roger H. Lewis
Producer
Evelyn Davis
Old Lady
Richard Pittman
Kelly's Hood #1
Robert Kya-Hill
Cal Asby
Urs Furrer
Cinematographer
Thomas Brann
Macola's Hood
Bob Jefferson
Harrison
Moe Howard
Editor
Dan P. Hannafin
Cooper
Judith Lamb
CastingDirector
Jimmy Hayeson
Caretaker
Harry Ferrentino
Det. Salmi
Frank Adonis
Rip
Kitty Jones
Cabaret Dancer
Gregory Reese
Foglio
Marilyn Hamlin
Mascola's Girl
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 8, 1972
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingR
Budget$1,978,000
Box Office$10,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
Shaft's Big Score! is a 1972 American blaxploitation action-crime film starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft. It is the second entry in the Shaft film series, with both director Gordon Parks and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman reprising their roles from the first film. Moses Gunn and Drew Bundini Brown also return from the previous film, alongside new appearances from acting veterans Joseph Mascolo, Julius Harris and Joe Santos. Composer Isaac Hayes turned down an offer to score the film (though he did contribute the song "Type Thang"), so Parks, also a musician, composed and performed the score himself.
The film was produced on a budget of $1,978,000, over three times that of its predecessor. It received mixed reviews, with critics praising the improved production values and direction, but criticizing it as lacking the charm and appeal of the original. It was followed by Shaft in Africa one year later.