Best Cop movies of 1970s

Actors : Neetu Singh, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Shakti Samanta,

Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) is an expert gambler, and has been so as long as he can remember, and has never lost a game. These skills bring him to the attention of the underworld don Saxena (...

Actors : Reatha Grey, Stan Kamber, Marlo Monte, Tiffany Peters,
Directors : Jamaa Fanaka,

A proud black man does time in jail where he is subjected to heinous experiments. Once released, he goes about extracting vengeance on those who put him in prison. This includes both ...

Actors : Delia Boccardo, James Whitmore, Franco Nero, Fernando Rey,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Morgan Woodward, Cameron Mitchell, Susan Clark,

An ex-con, once a cop, now working as security in a college, decides to investigate the murder of one of the students, a daughter of a senator.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Ray Lovelock, Richard Conte, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Marino Girolami,

A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of...

Actors : Jim Hutton, Paul Burke, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Adams,
Directors : Ray Danton,

A former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.

Actors : Arthur O'Sullivan, Anton Diffring, Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander,
Directors : Riccardo Freda,

In Dublin, a young woman is brutally murdered in her home by a maniac that throws acid in her face and then slits her throat with a razor. Her mangled body is later discovered in the boot ...

Actors : Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Guido Mannari,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.

Actors : Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow, Eddie Egan, Robert Duvall,
Directors : Howard W. Koch,

After his suspension for the shooting death of drug runner, a New York City cop vows to keep the streets clean, any way he can.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Bisset, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Reggiani,
Directors : Luigi Comencini,

Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murdering of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the Torino's high society. Santamaria suspect ...

Actors : David Bailey, Randolph Roberts, Scott Brady, Tiffany Bolling,
Directors : Richard L. Bare,

A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast...

Actors : Xavier Depraz, Roland Bertin, Alain Delon, Laura Betti,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police ...

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Mikio Narita, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.

Actors : Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen, Tapio Hämäläinen,
Directors : Spede Pasanen,

A scientist creates a fully grown test tube baby from the cells of a mathematician, and the two are frequently mistaken for each other by gangsters, private investigators, the police, and the baby's creator himself.

Actors : Chuck Boyd, Sylvia Chang, Don Wong, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Wei Lo,

A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.

Actors : Mel Ferrer, Lia Tanzi, Claudio Cassinelli, Gianfranco Barra,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

A young prostitute is found brutally killed and is up to detective Germi (Claudio Cassinelli) the investigation of the case, as the search progress he uncovers a girls trafficking ring with connections to powerful people.

Actors : Béatrice Romand, Curd Jürgens, Lila Kedrova, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Roy Boulting,

In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always bumbling in inspector Clouseau-style. As ...

Actors : Linda Miller, James Brolin, Richard S. Castellano, Cliff Gorman,

A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

Actors : Holly Palance, Arthur Lowe, Ron Moody, John Cleese,
Directors : Joseph McGrath,

The grandson of the world's first and foremost consulting detective and his bumbling, bionic sidekick attempt to catch the only living descendant of Professor Moriarty.

Actors : Franco Fabrizi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mariangela Melato, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Steno,

This is a story of a secret organization of former police officers, who go beyond the law, to kill notorious criminals without trial. One police inspector, (intense performance: Enrico ...