Best Investigation movies of 1970s

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Sylva Koscina, Annabella Incontrera, Farley Granger,
Directors : Roberto Bianchi Montero,

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

Actors : Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, E.G. Marshall, Teresa Kelly,
Directors : Tom Laughlin,

After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will ...

Actors : Dana Wynter, Michael Burns, Jay Silverheels, Glenn Ford,
Directors : Gary Nelson,

A bounty hunter takes in the son of a man he killed.

Actors : Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker, Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint,
Directors : Paul Bogart,

Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect.

Actors : Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Michele Renzullo,
Directors : Mario Landi,

In Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.

Actors : Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher, Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton,
Directors : William Castle,

A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.

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 : Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, 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 : Judith Resnick, Martin Barolsky, Earle Edgerton, Kaly Mills,
Directors : Leonard Kirtman,

A psychopathic killer uses the carousel ride at a carnival to pick his victims, whom he then murders and dismembers.

Actors : Yôko Shimada, Teruhiko Aoi, Mieko Takamine, Kôji Ishizaka,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

After the death of the Father , His family are gathered to share Inheritances , but suddenly a woman with a mysterious masked man arrive there , claiming to be the other wife of the man ...

Actors : Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
Directors : Govind Nihalani,

A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michèle Morgan, Philippe Léotard, Serge Reggiani,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

A very unorthodox police inspector is assigned to investigate a millionaire's mysterious death.

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 : David Moses, Diana Davidson, Toni Jannotta, John Stinson,
Directors : William Malone,

An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the ...

Actors : Tom Pittman, Bob Jones, Ray Lynch, Hal Reed,
Directors : Tom Hanson,

The San Francisco area is beset by a series of seemingly random murders without motive or pattern. The police are taunted by phone calls and letters. Could the maniac be the violent, truck ...

Actors : Natsuko Yashiro, Tamaki Katsura, Yôko Azusa, Yuri Yamashina,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

Two restaurant employees begin a torturous and sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.

Actors : John Considine, Stewart Moss, Cheryl Miller, Barry Coe,
Directors : Eddie Saeta,

An evil immortal magician on a killing spree targets one specific couple in an attempt to prolong his life through soul transference.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Luciana Paluzzi, Claudio Gora, Henry Silva,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

When a crook gets framed as a drug kingpin, the mob decide to "off" his wife. Revenge is the name of the game, and the manhunt is on!

Actors : Marcel Bozzuffi, Domenico Santoro, Françoise Fabian, Andrea Balestri,
Directors : Carlo Lizzani,

Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.

Actors : Michael Williams, Scott Antony, Nina Thomas, Judi Dench,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies ...