Best Robbery movies of 1970s

Actors : Jeff Corey, Tom Berenger, William Katt, John Schuck,
Directors : Richard Lester,

A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.

Actors : Gregory Peck, Robert F. Lyons, Patricia Quinn, Susan Tyrrell,
Directors : Henry Hathaway,

A former bank robber searches for his double crossing partner who left him for dead, while having to look after a 6 year old girl.

Actors : Vincenzo Crocitti, Romolo Valli, Shelley Winters, Alberto Sordi,
Directors : Mario Monicelli,

A meek middle-aged man takes justice in his own hands.

Actors : Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Tim Conway, Kenneth Mars,
Directors : Vincent McEveety,

The adventures of two idiotic outlaw wannabees, Amos and Theodore.

Actors : Alain Belard, Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Danielle Durou,
Directors : Claude Sautet,

Max is a Paris detective, aloof, independently wealthy, and frustrated by gangs of robbers whom he cannot catch. To re-establish his stature and save face, he decides to inveigle a group of...

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther, Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald,
Directors : Erik Balling,

Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriates Egon. The gang tries to get back at ...

Actors : Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins, Kirk Douglas, James Stacy,
Directors : Kirk Douglas,

An unscrupulous politico marshal and his deputies chase a gang of train robbers whose leader proves that every man has his price.

Actors : Robert Hossein, Dyan Cannon, Omar Sharif, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plan an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector but the corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.

Actors : Adam Faith, Billy Murray, Cheryl Campbell, Roger Daltrey,
Directors : Tom Clegg,

'John McVicar' was a London Bad Boy. He graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest ...

Actors : Lee J. Cobb, Sarah Miles, Jack Warden, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Western story about a defiant wife who leaves her husband to take up riding with outlaws.

Actors : Anne Archer, Kevin McCarthy, Bert Convy, John Ritter,
Directors : Martin Davidson,

An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired ...

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther, Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald,
Directors : Erik Balling,

After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 million from a money transport. The gang keeps a low profile and hide the money. But it's...

Actors : Ben Johnson, Peter Boyle, Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates,
Directors : James Frawley,

At the turn of the century, with the Old West fading away, Texas train robber Kid Blue goes straight and takes a factory job but old habits die hard.

Actors : Renzo Palmer, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.

Actors : Keizô Kanie, Kazuko Inano, Shintarô Katsu, Keiko Aikawa,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

During the currency devaluation by the Edo treasury, officer Hanzo deals with a temple priestess who sells her pupils as prostitutes, and a notorious thief who plans to rob the mint.

Actors : Gregory Peck, Jack Warden, Desi Arnaz Jr., David Huddleston,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship but Sheriff Henry Gifford is determined to capture or kill them.

Actors : David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson,
Directors : Philippe Mora,

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

Actors : Gary Grimes, Ron Howard, Lee Marvin, Charles Martin Smith,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Three farm boys in the Old West help a wounded bank robber, who teaches him the trade.

Actors : Joan Delaney, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, Bette Davis,
Directors : Gerd Oswald,

Bunny is a penniless widow who blackmails a robber into teaching her the trade. Soon the pair starts a successful crime spree, and the cops aren't turning a blind eye.

Actors : Julie Parrish, Hal Reed, Simmy Bow, Byron Mabe,
Directors : Byron Chudnow,

After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them.