Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

Richard Roundtree: John Shaft

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Quotes 

• Shaft : What are you buzzards doing here?

  Bumpy Jonas : Well, well. Ha. We go to a lot of funerals, Shaft, Willy and me. One day, we'll drop in on yours.

  Willy : Real soon.

  Shaft : You're not invited.

• Shaft : [after beating two men unconscious]  Let's get the hell outta here.

  Willy : You gonna leave him like that? A man can fall out the window, you know. And him, too.

  Shaft : Man, don't you know we already got enough shit on the sidewalk?

• Rita : So, what am I doing in a place like this?

  Shaft : Why don't you tell me.

  Rita : Why don't you take your things off.

• Cigarette Girl : Cigarette?

  Shaft : No, thank you. What else can you help me with?

  Cigarette Girl : Well, I'm off at four o'clock.

• Willy : What round did you go out in, man? You ain't pretty as you used to be.

  Shaft : You better see a plastic surgeon about your condition.

  Willy : What condition?

  Shaft : Your mouth is too close to your asshole.

• Rita : You sure are a hard man to find.

  Shaft : Too many people lookin' for me, baby.

  [points to his car] 

  Shaft : Look, can you drive that thing?

  Rita : Anything with a stick shift is my meat.

  Shaft : Is that right?

• Shaft : [carrying a semi-automatic shotgun]  Drop the guns and freeze! When this baby starts kicking, it won't stop. So, nobody get cute!

  [a thug goes for his gun and Shaft blows him away] 

  Shaft : Who's Next?

• Shaft : Do you just sit around and think these things up, or do they just come to you in a flash?

• Capt. Bollin : What did he tell you, Shaft?

  Shaft : Stay away from black honkies with big, flat feet.

• Shaft : Obviously, you're not a friend of the famiiy.

  Rita : Not any more, I'm not. Not after a nasty slap in the face.

  Shaft : Best thing for that is an ice pack.

  Rita : Why thank you, Mr. Shaft. Why don't you come in and show me how to apply it.

• Shaft : You might catch cold.

  Rita : I suppose its immodest of me to walk around like this in front of a stranger. But, any enemy of John Kelly's, is an old friend of mine.

• Gus Mascola : You looking for me? I've been hearing quite a bit about you, Mr. Shaft. You're a - quite a boy.

  Shaft : I prefer man.

  Gus Mascola : Alright, man.

• Shaft : Has Kelly been around here to see you lately?

  Bumpy Jonas : Lots of cats come and go around here.

• Rita : Hey, is that snow?

  Shaft : It sho ain't cotton.

• Willy : What are they doing?

  Shaft : They've already done it. Now, it's our turn.

• Shaft : So, what do you want from me, Captain?

  Capt. Bollin : Put the word out. Nobody better try to come in here and mess up the status quo. And nobody's comin' in here to sell sh*t to our kids or put whores on our streets.

• Rita : Do you have to go?

  Shaft : Gotta split, baby.

• Cabaret Dancer : I'm not a gamblin' woman.

  Shaft : I'm a gamblin' man.

  Cabaret Dancer : I thought it was my action you were diggin' here. I never took you for a gambler.

• [last lines] 

  Capt. Bollin : Adios.

  Shaft : Yeah, adios mother - - Captain Bollin.