Best Gangster movies of 1970s

Actors : William Smith, Jennifer Billingsley, Ray Girardin, Jude Farese,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

Hollywood action film star Rafe Stoker has sunk $130,000 of his own money into his own production, but can't find legitimate financing to complete the film. His mob-connected investor ...

Actors : Fabian, Ken Miller, Karen Black, Ivy Thayer,
Directors : Luke Moberly,

Based on a true story, this action-packed, hard-hitting depiction of the infamous Ashley gang - who terrorized the southeast in the 1920's - also illustrates a desperate love between two people destined for destruction.

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 : Martin Balsam, Francisco Rabal, Tomas Milian, Dagmar Lassander,
Directors : Alberto De Martino,

When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a ...

Actors : Billy Robinson, Verne Gagne, Edward Asner, Elaine Giftos,
Directors : James A. Westman,

Promoting the world of professional wrestling at the expense of the plot itself, Frank Bass (Ed Asner) takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right. Gamblers, mobsters, unscrupulous ...

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Giuliano Gemma, Francisco Rabal, Stefano Satta Flores,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

Two friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of life. Could their friendship survive to the mafia shadow?

Actors : Phil Hoover, Sondra Currie, Tony Young, Elizabeth Stuart,
Directors : Lee Frost,

A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.

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

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

Actors : K. Balaji, Rajinikanth, Surulirajan, Sridevi,
Directors : J. Mahendran,

A parsimonious Barbar must flee from the Police after meeting with a look-alike gangster.

Actors : Marcel Bozzuffi, Domenico Santoro, Françoise Fabian, Andrea Balestri,
Directors : Carlo Lizzani,

Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.

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 : Silvano Tranquilli, Luciana Paluzzi, Claudio Gora, Henry Silva,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

When a crook gets framed as a drug kingpin, the mob decide to "off" his wife. Revenge is the name of the game, and the manhunt is on!

Actors : Norman Burton, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Connie Stevens,
Directors : Howard Avedis,

Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker (Stevens) is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco (Danova).

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 : Barbara Bouchet, Eduardo Fajardo, Malisa Longo, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Tulio Demicheli,

After 2 years in prison Ricco is released and on a path of vengeance. His father, the head of a mafia family, is gunned down by the ambitious Don Vito and now Ricco is looking to settle the score.

Actors : Luc Merenda, Mariangela Giordano, Gianni Dei, Carlos Monzón,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

Young southerner Marco Russo moves to the mafia-controlled north of Italy and finds work with the powerful Manzetti family. He then proceeds to stir the pot between the Manzettis and their top rivals the Belmondos.

Actors : Olivia Hussey, Raf Vallone, Karl Malden, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi,

A six-year-old boy witnesses mobsters beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the now-grown boy begins to track down and eliminate the men who did it, determined to wipe out the ...

Actors : Lola Falana, Gene Washington, Millie Perkins, Alex Dreier,
Directors : Matt Cimber,

Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.

Actors : Bo Svenson, John Colicos, Robert Culp, Belinda Montgomery,
Directors : Bob Clark,

The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.