Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Valentín Trujillo, Eric del Castillo, Lyn May, Ana Luisa Peluffo,
Directors : Gilberto Gazcón,

The life of an orphan boy in a big city, surrounded by poverty, crime and violence. As he grew up, he began a life of crime.

Actors : Maria Lúcia Dahl, Tereza Raquel, Wilson Grey, Helber Rangel,
Directors : Antônio Calmon,

Solitary young man, dominated by his mother, lives in a daydream. He buys a toy gun and impersonates a crime book personage.

Actors : Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Vsevolod Sanaev, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Oleg Basilashvili,
Directors : Anatoliy Bobrovskiy,

Inspired by actual events in the days of cold war, an escaped convict steels "Saint Luke" painting from a museum which he tries to sell to a foreign tourist. Police colonel Zorin is to save the work of art from the hands of the criminal.

Actors : Patrick Olivier, Odile Michel, Patrice Valota, Florence Cayrol,
Directors : Jacques Scandelari,

The crime squad is after a drug and prostitution ring, which enables a number of scenes involving nudity and sex. They end up tackling a sado-maso club, headed by top level officials.

Actors : Ottavia Piccolo, Rodolfo Baldini, Mario Adorf, Lino Toffolo,
Directors : Salvatore Samperi,

An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is helped by a small time smuggler (Toffolo).

Actors : Giorgos Foundas, Olga Karlatos, Gely Mavropoulou, Alberto Eskenazy,
Directors : Nikos Foskolos,

When Daisy saves the life of police officer Markos she is immediately promoted to the drug department of the police. Markos falls in love with her and they start going out until he asks her...

Actors : Bohumil Smída, Josef Somr, Ilja Prachar, Jirí Adamíra,
Directors : Dusan Klein,

Marek (Jirí Holý), formerly a driver of a long-distance lorry, has served his term for smuggling art works abroad and is released from jail. Years ago, he sacrificed himself and confessed ...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Mehra, Simple Kapadia, Neetu Singh,
Directors : Basu Chatterjee,

A young man fights spies to defend his country.

Actors : Evgeniy Kindinov, Oleg Dal, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Larisa Udovichenko,
Directors : Yevgeni Tatarsky,

A fugitive is having plastic surgery to hide his identity, while committing another crime.

Actors : Ichirô Araki, Yûsaku Matsuda, Keiko Tasaka, Asao Uchida,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

Hitman Narumi is asked to rescue a kidnapped businessman who is involved in an air defense project. Narumi nearly succeeds but a stray shot kills the hostage. Nevertheless the person who hired Narumi now has another mission for him.

Actors : Vladimir Sedov, Yuriy Demich, Aleksandr Afanasev, Oleg Belov,
Directors : Nikolai Rozantsev,

Film-biography of Waclaw Worowski, a Moscow-born Pole turned Soviet revolutionary extremist. He operated in Europe under diplomatic cover surreptitiously financing pro-communist groups and ...

Actors : Martin Balsam, Eleonora Vallone, Robert Webber, Franco Califano,
Directors : Domenico Paolella,

Gardenia possiede un ristorante, ha una donna, Regina, e segue le vecchie regole della malavita romana. Questo finchè non arriva Salluzzo che pretende di smerciare la droga anche nel ...

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Vinod Khanna, Parveen Babi,
Directors : Prayag Raj,

Reformist Bombay Police Inspector Shankar Kumar would like to try a new approach to tackle crime - make new leaves of criminals by making them change their ways. He tries this on Raja ...

Actors : Randy Whipple, Rachel Romen, Gordon Jump, Broderick Crawford,
Directors : Dewitt Lee,

A detective uses electronics to rescue a boy held for $1 million by a kidnapper.

Actors : Leslie Parrish, Steve Drexel, Richard Davalos, Larry Pennell,
Directors : William White,

Three brothers resort to kidnapping, extortion and murder as they search the jungle for a fortune in Inca treasure.

Actors : Sylvia Lueff, Samantha Romanou, Yiorgos Gintis, Haris Tryfonas,
Directors : Omiros Efstratiadis,

Tina is fascinated during her vacation with young shipowner Pavlos Dellis, who actually spends his time only with prostitutes, and arranges to get in his bed. When a prostitute is found dead, things get complicated.

Actors : Josef Somr, Eduard Cupák, Frantisek Nemec, Ludek Munzar,
Directors : Jirí Hanibal,

Vera, wife of the plumber Simandl (Josef Somr), is found murdered in the cinema next to the IDOC (Information and Documentation) agency where she worked. Police captain Marha (Frantisek ...

Actors : Otis Aracena, Pablo Cabaza, Ramon 'Cartucho' Pena, Mike Camacho,
Directors : Miguel Ángel Álvarez,

Natás, a psychopath, is a New York City cop who is corrupt and deals in blackmail, extortion, and murder. A young couple who are framed by Natás escape his grasp and the game of cat and mouse begins.

Actors : Vera Gimenez, Monique Lafond, Jece Valadão, Anselmo Vasconcelos,
Directors : Antônio Calmon,

The life of Brazilian policeman Mariel Mariscot, who belonged to the Police elite until being accused of corruption, and of being the leader of a group of policemen who killed outlaws ...

Actors : Susan Hogan, Richard Gabourie, Tony Curtis, Michael Wincott,
Directors : Les Rose,

In Toronto, Canada, a troubled police detective investigates fixed betting and corruption in the world of heavyweight boxing. He uncovers a plot by a crime boss to use computerised data to ...