Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Gisèle Préville, Philippe Noiret, Roland Dubillard, Alberto Sordi,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Mocky,

A sexually adventurous young woman approaches Antonio, an Italian art-restorer working at a cathedral in France. He resists getting involved with her but later he finds out she was raped and murdered in a derelict house.

Actors : Mario Carotenuto, Gastone Moschin, Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

A cop is consumed with the desire to get revenge on the crook who shot his wife to death during a robbery. The crook in question is Marseilles who is trying to assemble funds for his own retirement.

Actors : Einari Koppel, Boris Ivanov, Aleksey Batalov, Faime Jurno,
Directors : Samson Samsonov,

Actors : Judith-Marie Bergan, Catherine Lacy, David Pendleton, Gregory Rozakis,
Directors : Joseph Zito,

Daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped by left wing terrorists.

Actors : Ling Chia, Kuan Tai Chen, Sing Chen, Lin Chiao,
Directors : Hsueh Li Pao,

A kung-fu fighting detective investigating the murder of the emperor's wife uncovers a high-ranking conspiracy.

Actors : Oleg Tabakov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Spartak Mishulin, Andrey Mironov,
Directors : Vladimir Bychkov,

Spring 1918. After the Russian Revolution, Prince Meshchersky' collection of paintings and sculptures was to be nationalized. However, Tarakanov, the Prince's former land steward steals it,...

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Conny Van Dyke,
Directors : Phil Karlson,

A gambler kills a sheriff in self defense. But as everyone in conspiring against him, he is condemned to a long sentence in prison.

Actors : Mitchi Love, Akane Kawasaki, Etsuko Shiomi, Miwa Cho,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

When the crime boss has to pick one of his thugs for a fight he takes his knife, throws it to the roof and kills a butterfly with it, then the knife falls to one guy's shoulder and that's ...

Actors : Morgan Woodward, Timothy Bottoms, Bo Hopkins, Susan George,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.

Actors : Teresa Graves, Fred Williamson, Byron Webster, Miko Mayama,

To take a briefcase from Hong Kong to Mexico City, via Los Angeles, is it necessary to call on that man - Bolt? With the number of dangerous spies and gangsters who are after that briefcase, maybe Jefferson Bolt is not enough.

Actors : Luc Merenda, Mariangela Giordano, Gianni Dei, Carlos Monzón,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

Young southerner Marco Russo moves to the mafia-controlled north of Italy and finds work with the powerful Manzetti family. He then proceeds to stir the pot between the Manzettis and their top rivals the Belmondos.

Actors : Horst Janson, Patrizia Gori, Henry Silva, Herbert Fleischmann,
Directors : Jürgen Roland,

Mafia hot shot comes to Hamburg with the main intention of taking it over. However, the local German crime lord isn't particularly down with his plan and a bloody gang war ensues.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Tyne Daly, Robert Loggia, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Earl Bellamy,

After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in private investigator Pete Nobeck to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come...

Actors : Lieux Dressler, John Martino, Claudia Jennings, Paul Carr,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A mother and daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take over their operation.

Actors : Roger Robinson, Eugene Roche, George Peppard, Gordon Pinsent,
Directors : Richard T. Heffron,

In 1970s Los Angeles, honest cop Vince Newman struggles to win the battle against crime and against corruption in his own department.

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Nami Misaki, Jim Kelly, Sing Chen,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart ...

Actors : Jan Murray, Martha Hyer, Richard Egan, Rick Jason,
Directors : Ferde Grofé Jr.,

Gang tries to take over small town to rob its banks.

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 : Natsuko Yashiro, Keizô Kanie, Akemi Nijô, Naomi Tani,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A rape victim realizes that she enjoys sexual assault and continuously offers herself to be raped while searching for her original rapist.

Actors : Hollis McLaren, Ernest Borgnine, Michael J. Pollard, Louis Zorich,
Directors : John Trent,

Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at ...