Richard Roundtree
Actor
Films to Rent
Shaft (1971)
- Dir. Gordon Parks Snr.
Feat. Richard Roundtree
- The first, enormously successful blaxploitation film sees funky cop Richard Roundtree sniffing out kidnappers on mean Harlem streets to the coolest…
Shaft's Big Score (1972)
- Dir. Gordon Parks Snr.
Feat. Richard Roundtree
- Richard Roundtree as Shaft goes upmarket for this first sequel, having moved away from urban squalor to fight crime Bond–style with a bigger…
Shaft in Africa (1973)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Richard Roundtree
- Shaft goes international with Richard Roundtree returning as the detective forced into helping an African nation stop latter–day slave trading.
Firehouse (1973)
- Dir. Alex March
Feat. Richard Roundtree, Michael Lerner, Val Avery
- Tensions arise amongst a team of firefighters when the new recruit (Richard Roundtree, SHAFT) is the first black man on their team, in this 70's take…
Earthquake (1975)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene…
- The earth moves for Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Green, Richard Roundtree, Genevieve Bujold and the rest of LA in this 70s Disaster opus. Good…
Man Friday (1975)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier
- Spin–off on the Defoe classic, "Robinson Crusoe", updated with Man Friday revolting against white supremacy and engaging in a conflict with…
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
- Dir. Steve Carver
Feat. Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree…
- Chuck Norris plays a disgraced police officer who goes it alone to kick Chinese drug–trafficking butt in this violent actioner from the Cannon…
One Down Two To Go (1982)
- Dir. Fred Williamson
Feat. Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly…
- Straight–to–video blaxploitation, about a trio of kung fu fighters (Kelly, Brown and Williamson) who go after crooked event promoters.…
City Heat (1984)
- Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander…
- Effective self–parody from Eastwood and Reynolds as unlikable cops who team together to clean up gangster–ridden Kansas City in the…
Hot City (Original Gangstas) (1997)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Fred Williamson…
- Rising crime in the old 'hood reunites 70s blaxploitation superstars Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Richard Roundtree to exploit…
Shaft (2000)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Toni Collette…
- Despite the excellent pedigree of those involved – Samuel L Jackson, Richard Roundtree, dir. John Singleton, Toni Collette – this revival…
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
- Dir. Isaac Julien
Feat. Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Quentin Tarantino…
- A fan's–eye–view of 1970s Blaxploitation cinema, featuring juicy interviews with players, directors, critics and aficionados.
Although…
Brick (2005)
- Dir. Rian Johnson
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin…
- Precocious neo–noir set amid the student body of a Californian high school with a bespectacled lad (Gordon–Levitt) taking a 'Sam Spade'…
What Men Want (2019)
- Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Richard Roundtree…
- A mildly raunchy, gender–switched remake of the 2000 romantic comedy, WHAT WOMEN WANT, following a woman who, after drinking a potent…