Best Crime movies of 1974

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

Actors : Floy Dean, Teresa Graves, Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth,
Directors : Jack Arnold,

Private detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.

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 : Pat Hingle, Rebecca Dianna Smith, John Beck, Dack Rambo,
Directors : Elliot Silverstein,

Sadistic low-budget thriller about newlyweds Dack Rambo and Rebecca Danna Smith who are pursued and terrorized by a pair of rural killer rapists. One of the psychos is John Beck from the '...

Actors : Shirô Itô, Yûki Meguro, Eiko Ezaki, Maria Anzai,
Directors : Takashi Tsuboshima,

Though his father's partner Jigen wants him to take charge of the Lupin Empire and the obsessed detective Zenigata wants him behind bars, Lupin III is only concerned about being with the beautiful (and treacherous) lady thief Fujiko.

Actors : Ediz Hun, Bülent Kayabas, Filiz Akin, Hayati Hamzaoglu,
Directors : Orhan Aksoy,

Zeynep lives with his old father. She has lost her ability to speak because of an accident. She needs an operation in order to be able to talk again. One day, five prison fugitives come to ...

Actors : Annazette Chase, Philip Michael Thomas, Robert Burr, Richard Lawson,

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.

Actors : Michel Constantin, Giancarlo Giannini, Giuliana Calandra, Giuseppe Maffioli,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the truck they drive around Europe, becomes their ground for mutual respect and trust.

Actors : Giancarlo Giannini, Tina Aumont, Fernando Rey, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, ...

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 : Giuliano Gemma, Laura Becherelli, Dominic Barto, Ricky Bruch,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

Sonny, a New York wise guy, dreams of becoming a feared gangster. He runs errands for the mob with some success, as a result the "Don" gives him, as a reward, the control of Mulberry Street, which also faces a boxing gym....

Actors : Preston Pierce, Georgina Spelvin, Susie Ewing, Rosalind Miles,
Directors : Al Adamson,

A team of girls go on a killing spree across the country.

Actors : Frances E. Williams, Reginald Farmer, Frank DeKova, Paul Harris,
Directors : Bill Brame,

A numbers king pin tries to stay in business as the mafia and police close in around him.

Actors : Mario Carotenuto, Gastone Moschin, Ray Lovelock, Tomas Milian,
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 : Tallie Cochrane, Jabie Abercrombe, Donna Young, Rene Bond,
Directors : Stephen C. Apostolof,

Five inmates break out of a women's prison. Four of them are hardened convicts, but one is a girl who was convicted for a crime she didn't commit. As the authorities chase them down, the ...

Actors : Tamayo Mitsukawa, Michiyo Bandô, Etsuko Shiomi, Hisako Tanaka,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

This time Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese...

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 : Claudia Cardinale, Fabio Testi, Franco Nero, Lina Polito,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some ...

Actors : Michel Constantin, Daniel Gélin, Michel Galabru, Jean Carmet,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Mocky,

Michel Dolannes resigns from a major newspaper as a journalist to launch a new journal 'Le Cosmopolite' which reveals all kinds of shady deals.One day, he is killed but who is the killer ?

Actors : Lino Ventura, Paula Kelly, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

An ex-convict priest and a framed former policeman hunt a machine-gun killer behind a bank robbery.