Shaft

1971 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 21,852 VOTES · DIR. Gordon Parks

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Overview

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Dialogue Timeline — 913 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:05 - Up yours! - Get out of the way!
00:05:48 The one in the plaid coat had his hands in his pocket.
00:08:25 That boy's got a lot of mouth on him.
00:12:14 No one licensed can afford to be a wise ass where a felony case is involved.
00:14:46 Yeah, but your license'll be suspended.
00:17:51 Taxi! Taxi!
00:21:29 I want you 'cause you got your other foot in whitey's trough! She can be anywhere.
00:23:55 Plus expenses.
00:27:12 "Some of the brothers got plenty of cash
00:30:12 Come here, baby.
00:36:19 - Where are the guns? - None here.
00:41:08 You've been holding out on me.
00:44:02 Yeah?
00:46:15 I waited up.
00:49:42 You knew who grabbed your daughter, and that it wasn't Ben or his people...
00:52:11 I got a lot of brothers and sisters in jail.
00:55:12 Lights.
00:59:53 Who the hell is this?
01:03:09 You busted his head, settle.
01:08:07 It's that big-eared Captain I got who was listening.
01:12:39 Thanks, baby.
01:18:11 Back door.
01:22:17 Cut the crap, man. This is Shaft. I saw Marcy.
01:29:30 You got something else in there that'll burn?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed913
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:01:05
Final line01:29:30

Production Record

DirectorGordon Parks
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,125,000
Revenue$12,121,618
IMDb votes21,852