Best Crime movies of 1970s

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 : Edwige Fenech, Alvaro Vitali, Marzio Honorato, Franco Diogene,
Directors : Michele Massimo Tarantini,

The adventures of Gianna, a sexy police woman (E Fenech) who wants to help a child in the search of his mother, who has ended up in trouble. She has become a prostitute and is kept prisoner...

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 : Mitchi Love, Akane Kawasaki, Miwa Cho, Etsuko Shiomi,
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 : 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 ...

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

Actors : Roland Bertin, Claire Deluca, Michelle Marquais, Serge Avedikian,
Directors : Michel Drach,

A film version of author Gilles Perrault's best-selling book about the 1976 trial and execution of Christian Ranucci, the youth who was convicted with extremely inconclusive evidence of ...

Actors : Martin Held, Heinz Erhardt, Walter Giller, Agnes Windeck,
Directors : Wolfgang Staudte,

Die Nachricht von der Rückkehr 'Dandys' aus den Vereinigten Staaten löst allerorten hektische Betriebsamkeit aus: Während Kriminalinspektor Knauer sich die Akten des alten 'Kunden' kommen ...

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

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

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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.