Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn returned in the sequel to the huge blockbuster Shaft(1971), which kicked off the early 1970s blaxploitation craze – and later inspired the Quentin Tarantino release Jackie Brown(1997).
Private eye John Shaft is in pursuit of the gang members who murdered his undertaker friend Cal Asby (Robert Kya-Hill), who had hidden $250,000 of underworld money in a coffin in Harlem.
Here, the private-eye hero acts more like a hip James Bond than a retro Sam Spade, in a routine social conscience tale that finds him avenging the murder while retrieving money stolen by warring gangsters.
The New York harbour ending is memorably exciting.
John Shaft
Richard Roundtree Bumpy Jonas
Moses Gunn Willy
Drew Bundini Brown Gus Mascola
Joseph Mascolo Rita
Kathy Imrie Kelly
Wally Taylor Captain Bollin
Julius Harris Arna Asby
Rosalind Miles Pascal
Joe Santos Al
Angelo Nazzo Johnson
Don Blakely Junior Gillis
Melvin Green Jr Cal Asby
Robert Kya-Hill
Director
Gordon Parks
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Private eye John Shaft is in pursuit of the gang members who murdered his undertaker friend Cal Asby (Robert Kya-Hill), who had hidden $250,000 of underworld money in a coffin in Harlem.
