Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Clint Eastwood, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul,
Directors : Ted Post,

Dirty Harry is on the trail of vigilante cops who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.

Actors : John Belushi, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Jack Nicholson,

Due to the lack of men after the Civil War, a small western town allows a bachelorette with ulterior motives to save a horse-thief from the gallows by marrying him. They must deal with his old gang, the sheriff, the bank - and each other.

Actors : Roy Scheider, Jane Fonda, Charles Cioffi, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.

Actors : Al Pacino, John Forsythe, Jack Warden, Lee Strasberg,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.

Actors : Hope Lange, Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats,
Directors : Michael Winner,

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark.

Actors : Christopher St. John, Moses Gunn, Richard Roundtree, Charles Cioffi,
Directors : Gordon Parks,

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, Fernando Rey,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.

Actors : Geoffrey Lewis, Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.

Actors : Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Clint Eastwood, William Prince,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A hard but mediocre cop is assigned to escort a prostitute into custody from Las Vegas to Phoenix, so that she can testify in a mob trial. But a lot of people are literally betting that they won't make it into town alive.

Actors : Burt Kwouk, Lesley-Anne Down, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

Actors : Robert Webber, Isela Vega, Gig Young, Warren Oates,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Actors : Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom, Christopher Plummer, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Inspector Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.

Actors : Cleavon Little, Victoria Medlin, Barry Newman, Dean Jagger,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

During the 1970s, car delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time but always runs into trouble with the highway cops.

Actors : Leo Dolan, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his ...

Actors : Florrie Dugger, Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi,
Directors : Alan Parker,

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : John Guillermin,

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Actors : Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.

Actors : Seymour Cassel, Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Robert Phillips,
Directors : John Cassavetes,

A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.

Actors : James Fox, Mick Jagger, Michèle Breton, Anita Pallenberg,

Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. He finds the perfect cover in the form of guest house run by...

Actors : Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ryan O'Neal, Ronee Blakley,
Directors : Walter Hill,

"The Driver" is a specialist in a rare business: he drives getaway cars in robberies. His exceptional talent prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the ...