Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Catherine Rouvel, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Christophe, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.

Actors : Barbara McNair, Sheree North, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sidney Poitier,
Directors : Don Medford,

In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.

Actors : Jack Weston, Jerry Reed, Lauren Hutton, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Burt Reynolds,

Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.

Actors : Kunie Tanaka, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Eiko Nakamura,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.

Actors : Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Joe Stewardson, Werner Pochath,
Directors : Steno,

Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman is killed. Dying he shows ...

Actors : Gloria Hendry, Fred Williamson, Margaret Avery, Julius Harris,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A gangster in Harlem must rescue his ex-wife, who has been kidnapped by the Mafia.

Actors : Rie Yokoyama, Meiko Kaji, Yôko Mihara, Yayoi Watanabe,
Directors : Shun'ya Itô,

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

Actors : Adalberto Maria Merli, Bud Spencer, Juliette Mayniel, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Steno,

Adventures of the police inspector "Flatfoot" Rizzo in the slums of Naples.

Actors : Ron O'Neal, Clu Gulager, Jennifer O'Neill, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Paul Aaron,

When the detectives of an undercover police unit are being mysteriously killed by a martial artist, a professional kickboxer is hired to assist them.

Actors : Barbara Bouchet, Gastone Moschin, Frank Wolff, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden...

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Sunil Dutt, Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Ramesh Sippy,

Shaan tells the story of DCP Shiv Kumar an honest, brave and upright police man. He live in the country with his wife, a daughter and two brothers Ravi and Vijay who are con men to the ...

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Hari Rhodes, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Alex Rocco,
Directors : Arthur Marks,

After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Marlène Jobert, Jill Ireland, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : René Clément,

A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Rosanna Fratello, Cyril Cusack, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.

Actors : George Murdock, Chuck Norris, Terry O'Connor, Don Gentry,
Directors : Don Hulette,

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.

Actors : Charles Hawtrey, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims,
Directors : Gerald Thomas,

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but ...

Actors : Al Lettieri, Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Renato Scarpa,
Directors : Steno,

Piedone (Bigfoot) Rizzo is accused of drugs trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari,
Directors : Terence Young,

When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt ...

Actors : Baldwyn Dakile, Bud Spencer, Angelo Infanti, Enzo Cannavale,
Directors : Steno,

Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell...

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Robert Middleton, Bud Spencer, Bill Vanders,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

Two nice guys, a wrestler (Bud Spencer) and an Ice-cream vendor (Giuliano Gemma) are mistaken for dangerous killers by an important local gangster, whose nickname is "Sorriso". With the ...