Obsazení

• Samuel L. Jackson — John Shaft
• Jeffrey Wright — Peoples Hernandez
• Busta Rhymes — Rasaan
• Dan Hedaya — Jack Roselli
• Toni Collette — Diane Palmieri
• Vanessa Williams — Carmen Vasquez
• Lee Tergesen — Luger
• Christian Bale — Walter Wade, Jr.
• Richard Roundtree — (Uncle) John Shaft
• Pat Hingle — Judge Dennis Bradford
• Philip Bosco — Walter Wade Senior
• Gordon Parks — Lenox Lounge Patron
• Sonja Sohn — Alice
• Ron Castellano
• Josef Sommer