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Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942) is an American actor and former fashion model. He is best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the film Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels, Shaft's Big Score (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973).
Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York,...
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Earthquake
Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for...
Shaft
Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft, who travels through Harlem and to...
Shaft in Africa
Shaft in Africa, released in 1973, is the third film in the trilogy of films that starred actor Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. John Guillermin directed and Stirling Silliphant did the screenplay. The cost went up to $2,142, 000, but the gross fell...
Shaft's Big Score
Shaft's Big Score, released in 1972, is the second film in the trilogy in which actor Richard Roundtree starred as the private-eye, John Shaft. Gordon Parks again directed, and Ernest Tidyman once more supplied the screenplay. Isaac Hayes was...
Diamonds
Diamonds is a 1975 Israeli-American heist film. Robert Shaw stars in a dual role as twin brothers. Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey and Shelley Winters are co-stars. The film was also entitled Diamond Shaft, though it has no relation to the Shaft...
Antitrust
Antitrust (also titled Conspiracy.com and Startup) is a 2001 thriller film written by Howard Franklin and directed by Peter Howitt.
Antitrust portrays young idealistic programmers and a large corporation (NURV) that offers significant money, a low...
Steel
Steel is a 1997 American superhero film based on the comic book character John Henry Irons. The film stars Shaquille O'Neal as Irons and his secret identity of Steel, Annabeth Gish as his wheelchair using partner Susan Sparks, and Judd Nelson as...
Escape to Athena
Escape to Athena is a British adventure war film (with elements of comedy) released in 1979, directed by George Pan Cosmatos and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. The international cast included many well-known actors of the 1970s.
The film...
Maniac Cop
Maniac Cop is a 1988 action/horror film directed by William Lustig and written by Larry Cohen. The film spawned two sequels, Maniac Cop 2 (1990) and Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (1993).
Innocent people are being brutally murdered on the streets...
Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (aka Forced to Fight, Forced to Fight: Bloodfist III) is a 1992 action/adventure film starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Richard Roundtree, and Gregory McKinney. It was directed by Oley Sassone and written by Allison...
Q
Q (also known as The Winged Serpent and as Q - The Winged Serpent) is a 1982 horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine, and Richard Roundtree. The original music score was composed by...
George of the Jungle
George of the Jungle is a live-action romantic-family comedy film based on the characters from the original cartoon of the same name. This film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and originally released to movie theatres in 1997. It starred...
Shaft
Shaft is a 2000 action-crime film directed by John Singleton, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Busta Rhymes, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Mekhi Phifer and Christian Bale. This film is technically not a remake of the 1971 film...
Brick
Brick is a 2005 American film noir written and directed by Rian Johnson. It was Johnson's directorial debut and won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Brick was distributed by Focus Features, opening...
An Eye for an Eye
An Eye for an Eye is a 1981 martial arts film starring Chuck Norris as Sean Kane, Christopher Lee as Morgan Canfield, and Mako as James Chan. It is directed by Steve Carver, who later directed Lone Wolf McQuade.
It’s a dreary and unpleasant San...
Corky Romano
Corky Romano is a 2001 movie starring former Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Kattan. Also starring are Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Roger Fan, and Dave Sheridan. The movie was directed by Rob Pritts and was written by David Garrett and Jason Ward....
Night Visitor
Night Visitor is a horror film directed by Rupert Hitzig and starring Richard Roundtree, Elliott Gould, Allen Garfield, and Derek Rydall.
High school student Billy Colton (Derek Rydall) is spying on his sexy neighbor (Shannon Tweed) one night when...
A Game for Vultures
A Game for Vultures is a 1979 British thriller film starring Richard Harris and Richard Roundtree. It was directed by James Fargo and based on a novel by Michael Hartmann.
Set in the late 1970s, the last years of the Rhodesian Bush War, David...
Bonanza: Under Attack
Bonanza: Under Attack is a 1995 TV-movie sequel to the 1959 television series Bonanza and made-for-television films Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) and Bonanza: The Return (1993). The TV-movie was directed by Mark Tinker and features noted...
Jocks
Jocks is a 1987 teen comedy. The film was directed by filmmaker, Steve Carver and written by Michael Lanahan and David Oas. Jocks was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada and in Los Angeles, California.
Coach Williams (Richard Roundtree) must get his tennis...
Party Line
Party Line is a 1988 independent slasher film. It was written & directed by William Webb. The film focuses on a rich female operator of a Party line who lures men to her home through her Phone Sex hotline so her disturbed brother (Leif Garrett) can...
Man Friday
Man Friday is a 1975 British/American film. It is adapted from the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell based on Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, but reverses the roles, portraying Crusoe as a blunt, stiff Englishman, while the native he calls Man...
Boat Trip
Boat Trip is a 2002 romantic comedy directed by Mort Nathan.
Jerry (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Nick (Horatio Sanz) are two best buddies whose love lives have hit rock bottom. For Jerry, he vomited all over his uptight, pretentious girlfriend Felicia on a...
Inchon
Inchon (also called Inchon!) is a 1982 film directed by Terence Young about the Battle of Inchon during the Korean War. The film opens with a disclaimer that it is a fictional depiction of events. The protagonist of the film is General Douglas...
The Graduates of Malibu High
The Graduates of Malibu High is a low budget American action film starring James Van Patten, Mike Norris, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree, and Lynda Day George. It is known as Young Warriors in the UK. It was released theatrically by Cannon Films...
Charley One-Eye
Charley One-Eye is a 1973 British-American film directed by Don Chaffrey and starring Richard Roundtree, Roy Thinnes and Nigel Davenport.
