Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Yen Tsan Tang, Chi Chin Ma, Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The famous story of the Shaolin Temple's betrayal by the White-Browed Hermit, and the subsequent revenge by Shaolin firebrand Fang Shih-yu, is the stuff of legend. It has been filmed many ...

Actors : César del Campo, Eric del Castillo, Mary Montiel, Santo,
Directors : René Cardona,

Actors : Meng Lo, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Chen Chi Lin, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

LIFE GAMBLE is the tale of a simple blacksmith (Kuo Chue) with extraordinary martial arts skills who is entangled in a life and death struggle between swordsmen, thieves, con artists, a ...

Actors : Sanjay Khan, Zeenat Aman, Raj Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Sanjay Khan,

Abdullah is a devout Muslim who lives in a small hut the middle of a desert in Persia, and looks after a well so that it provides water to thirsty travelers. One day a friend, Ameer, ...

Actors : Angelo Infanti, Giancarlo Sbragia, Maurizio Merli, Lilli Carati,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

Actors : Peter Cushing, Stuart Whitman, Lung Ti, Lily Li,

Shatter, an international hitman, is hiding out in Hong Kong after he has completed a contract out on an African leader. Shatter soon finds out that everyone wants him dead, including the ...

Actors : Dixie Peabody, Clyde Ventura, Joanne Moore Jordan, Terry Mace,
Directors : Barbara Peeters,

Tautly directed biker film, told from the woman's point of view. The heroine sets out on the road to avenge her brother's murder, toting a shotgun and meaning business.

Actors : Bo Svenson, Rod Steiger, Ann Turkel, Jack Palance,
Directors : Allan A. Buckhantz,

A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in love with the same woman.

Actors : Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger, Adam Roarke, Jack Palance,
Directors : William H. Bushnell,

The film centres around gangland boss Vic Morono who presides over a mixed pack of cards with the trumps being the 'The Four Deuces'-Chip Morono, Mickey Navarro, Ben Arlen and Smokey Ross. ...

Actors : Siu-Tung Ching, Feng Kuan, Chiu-Sing Hau, Hui Huang Lin,
Directors : Mar Lo,

A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist.

Actors : Rockne Tarkington, Richard X. Slattery, Glenn R. Wilder, Mike Lane,
Directors : Joe Tornatore,

A group of Vietnam vets, tired of the depredation of the Mafia on their neighborhood, decide to take on the mob on their own terms--but by using a very different twist.

Actors : Connie Strickland, William Smith, Carol Speed, Rockne Tarkington,
Directors : Charles Bail,

Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.

Actors : N. Bazanova, Vladimir Basov, Viktor Demertash, Nikolai Dupak,

An expedition is dispatched to find the mysterious monster roaming the seas. Three crew members learn it to be an advanced submarine crewed by free men and headed by Captain Nemo. Their adventures continue aboard the amazing submarine.

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Ming Chin, Don Wong, Chia-Lin Sun,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

The sleepy town of Black Stone erupts into martial turmoil when a counterfeiting ring run by the mysterious golden haired gorilla Mr. Lung comes under the scrutiny of an undercover agent ...

Actors : Carter Wong, Kuei Chang, Chi-Min Chin, Bruce Li,

Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul of some American thugs, and the fight is on...right!

Actors : Bunjaku Han, Takeo Chii, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

Five freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement.

Actors : Kwok Kuen Chan, Sing Chen, Bruce Li, Wai-Man Chan,
Directors : Chi Lo,

Fantastic fighting sequences mark this kung fu action film.

Actors : Barbara Werle, Stefanie Powers, Aldo Ray, James Caan,
Directors : Bernard Girard,

After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American woman and together they go to settle their score with a small town and its corrupt leader.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Feng Cheng, Fu-Chien Chang, Yi Lung Huang,
Directors : Wing-Cho Yip,

Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. One day he gets into a fight defending the locals from a ...

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Fei Meng, Tien Lung Yu, Hui-Shan Yang,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Snake-Crane Secret is a tale of deceit, lying and mistrust. A family tries to uphold their honor, while keeping their Sacred Kung-Fu book from getting into the wrong hands.