Best Crime movies of 1972

Actors : René Caron, Sophie Carrière, Suzanne Valéry, Marcel Sabourin,
Directors : Denys Arcand,

A robbery at the secluded country home of a wealthy old man goes horribly awry.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Paola Pitagora, Terence Hill, Adalberto Maria Merli,
Directors : Eriprando Visconti,

Luisa Latin, betrayed by her husband, is imprisoned for the murder of her husband's mistress - who is still alive. When Luisa is released from prison, she kills her.

Actors : Fujio Suga, Meiko Kaji, Shin'ichi Chiba, Shingo Yamashiro,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Nami(played by Meiko Kaji) returns to Tokyo to find the man who killed her father 13 years ago. On the way she saves a young woman named Hanae who's father had sold her for prostitution. ...

Actors : Jon Bluming, Frits Lambrechts, Anny de Lange, Rijk de Gooyer,
Directors : Frans Weisz,

Burgler and master safe-cracker Glimmie is asked to find a young woman called Fanny by her rich stepfather Van Borsen. However, Glimmie remains suspicious of the man and decides that Fanny ...

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Paul Stevens,
Directors : Hugh A. Robertson,

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It ...

Actors : D'Urville Martin, Ed Cambridge, Billy Dee Williams, Celia Milius,
Directors : Oscar Williams,

Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.

Actors : Rika Aoki, Kazuko Nagamoto, Masami Souda, Michi Nono,
Directors : Kô Nakahira,

First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl crime gang.

Actors : Yuriy Tolubeev, Oleg Tabakov, 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 : Ryszard Filipski, Halina Golanko, Edmund Fetting, Ryszarda Hanin,
Directors : Pawel Komorowski,

The action takes place at the turn of the sixties and seventies. Zuza - the head of a gang of criminals dies in the unexplained circumstances. However the gang still works. Krzysztof - is a new head of the gang.

Actors : Terry Moore, Gay Perkins, George Montgomery, Cyril Poitier,
Directors : Robert W. Stringer,

A top auto racer goes to work as a driver for a drug-smuggling ring.

Actors : Joao-Augusto Azevedo, Douglas Santos, Ana Maria Miranda, Joffre Soares,
Directors : George Sluizer,

An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides to venture into the jungle in search of riches without her. When he returns 4 years later, he finds that his mistrust in her may have been well-founded.

Actors : Shingo Yamashiro, Hiromi Hanazono, Tatsuo Umemiya, Chiharu Kuri,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

Umemiya stars as a sexist son-of-a-bitch yakuza involved with the sex business.

Actors : Charles Vanel, Fabio Testi, Jean Seberg, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".

Actors : Rekha, Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Sharad Kumar,
Directors : A. Veerappan,

Disciplinarian Shanti Swaroop (Ashok Kumar) alienates himself from his wife Urmilla (Indrani Mukherjee); son, Ravi (Sunil Dutt), and daughter, Roopa (Yogeeta Bali). His wife passes away, ...

Actors : Jean-Claude Killy, Danièle Gaubert, Vittorio De Sica, Cliff Potts,
Directors : George Englund,

Christian Biton is a skiing instructor in the Italian Alps. He has a wealthy girlfriend, Monica Scotti, and expensive tastes. To be able to live in style he has a plan : to lay hands on the...

Actors : Akira Hirasawa, Junko Fuji, Daisuke Awaji, Masao Hori,
Directors : Buichi Saitô,

Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promises she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and ...

Actors : Han Chin, Hua Tsung, Ping Wang, Miao Ching,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Hsieh Choun, the Black Dragon, is in trouble with the police since Wang Sien Tien's gang is helping them; he is no longer free to conduct his drugs shipments out of the port freely as he ...

Actors : Marcel Bozzuffi, Bernard Fresson, Michel Bouquet, Dany Carrel,
Directors : Roger Pigaut,

Seven small rogues dream of stealing the beautiful jewels which are in Paris for an exhibition. One of them tries to involve Raphael who is a big shot in finance. Raphael refuses. The seven...

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Shin'ichi Chiba, Reiko Ike, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Buichi Saitô,

Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.

Actors : Sha-Li Chen, Yeh Tien, Yuan Yi, Yu Wang,
Directors : Shan-Hsi Ting,

When a martial arts expert discovers the existence of an illegal slave trade in the 1930s, he goes to great lengths to overthrow it.