Best Crime movies of 1979

Actors : Lyubov Virolaynen, Nikolay Penkov, Mikhail Golubovich, Lyudmila Chursina,
Directors : Olgerd Vorontsov,

A life of a driver Stephan Chekmenev turns out to be very lucky: healthy children, loving wife, solid loghouse... See full synopsis »

Actors : Nora Miao, Lun Chia, Wai-Man Chan, Pauline Yu-Huan Wang,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Handcuff is a biographical film about the life of Hong Kong Gangster Chen Hui Man. In the film, Chan wants to quit the triads and retire to Europe but the dons have other ideas.

Actors : Seaward Forbes, Brad von Beltz, Ed Parker, Bong Soo Han,
Directors : Elliott Hong,

SEE ED PARKER, AND RUSS DODSON, FROM "REVENGE of THE PINK PANTHER," SEE "THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE", BONG SOO HAN,BRANSCOMBE RICHMOND, AND RUSS DODSON, THE MARTIAL ARTS STUNT COORDINATOR CAROL CONNORS

Actors : Leonora Fani, Vincent Gardenia, Wolfango Soldati, Patricia Adriani,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

A young woman returns to the country château where her mother drowned years ago. There is something haunting about the place, a supernatural ambiance.

Actors : Jardel Filho, Christiane Torloni, José Wilker, Betty Faria,
Directors : Oswaldo Caldeira,

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his disguise, he gets involved with high ...

Actors : Sonia Garcia, Francisco Cavalcanti, Joana de Oliveira, Lirio Bertelli,
Directors : Francisco Cavalcanti,

In 1947, the peasant Jones and his four year-old son Julinho are executed by Jarbas and the other five brothers of his wife Martha that do not accept the marriage of their sister with a ...

Actors : Tetsurô Sagawa, Hiroki Matsukata, Sanae Tsuchida, Rino Takase,
Directors : Akinori Matsuo,

A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Disguised as ordinary people, they are dedicated to fighting evil till the end.

Actors : John Ireland, Richard Lynch, Stuart Whitman, Richard Jaeckel,

Woman is kidnaped by hitman who discovers that he is the target of another hitman.

Actors : Moushumi Chatterjee, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Vijay Arora,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

Impressed with the dedication shown by Police Inspector Gautam, the Commissioner of Police assigns him to police a lawless town, which is over-run by criminals, and where no police officer ...

Actors : Min-Yi Huang, Ya Ying Liu, Yat Fan Lau, Wai-Man Chan,
Directors : Shen Liang,

When Wang Chung decides to leave his life of crime, his boss won't let him go, so he commits a series of heinous killings, and fabricates evidence, suggesting Wang is the murderer. Wang ...

Actors : Paola Senatore, Richard Harrison, Marisa Laurito, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Mario Bianchi,

Montano's corpse is found after being kidnapped by Maurice. The police think then to use the same ways criminals use and to infiltrate Tony Lo Bianco in the gang. Tony is a former FBI agent...

Actors : Nobuyasu Andô, Ako, Junko Miyashita, Junichiro Yamashita,
Directors : Kichitaro Negishi,

Junko Miyashita plays an office lady that's having an affair with the boss. He says he'll never leave his wife. She plots to kidnap his daughter for big money.

Actors : Yun-jeong Hong, Hie-jeong Bang, Dae-kun Lee, Su-cheon Bae,
Directors : Ki-nam Nam,

Truck driver Mansu drives dreams of owning an orchard where he can live in peace with his mom. He is in love with Inok yet kills her ex-boyfriend by accident in a fight. Bumgu makes it look...

Actors : Mario Almada, Roger Cudney, Fernando Almada, Ursula Prats,
Directors : Rubén Galindo,

Two detective brothers look for the criminals who killed their brother, as they catch drug dealers and interrogate thugs in the name of the law.

Actors : Philip Chan, Kuo-Chu Chang, Kong Chu, Wai-Man Chan,

Two cops are on the trail of gang that are planning a jewel robbery. Inspector Chow lives at home with his mother, while Inspector Pang has gambling problems that the gang exploits. Soon, innocent victims will pay with their lives.

Actors : Patrice Valota, Jacques Bouanich, Robert Hoffmann, Carole Chauvet,
Directors : Eddy Matalon,

The crime squad follows a track that leads to a Morrocan drug and prostitution ring. They end up involved into an international school to form a mercenary army for non democratic ...

Actors : Elio Zamuto, Biagio Pelligra, Mario Merola, Malisa Longo,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

Don Vincenzo is a well respected boss from Naples, but he protects people from other criminals, like gypsies, loan sharks and Don Bufalo...but as they say in Naples, a Mammasantissima either ends in jail or inside a grave.

Actors : Jeff Blynn, Gianni Garko, Mario Merola, Antonio Sabato,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

With the American Mafia families pooling their resources to bring huge quantities of cheap heroin into the country, it's up to customs official Ivano Radevic to allow the authorities to intercept the drugs en route to the USA.

Actors : Brigitte Lahaie, Muriel Montossé, Sandra Flower, Marcel Charvey,
Directors : Jean-Claude Roy,

Juliette (Brigitte Lahaie), an an ex-prostitute whose twin passions in life are men and money. When she isn't indulging in steamy sex sessions, Juliette and her lover Chris plan to ...

Actors : Alexandra Gasnárková, Rudolf Hrusínský, Drahomíra Hofmanová, Vilém Besser,
Directors : Petr Schulhoff,

Two seriously injured patients are brought to the hospital at almost the same time: truck driver Honza Linhart, who had an accident, and a young woman found unconscious in a forest by a man...