Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Peng Tien, Hung Lieh Chen, Ho Tien, Isamu Hashimoto,
Directors : Peng Tien,

The violent tale of an undercover agent's mission to topple a Chinese opium ring that is headed by a ruthless kingpin known only as "The Tongfather."

Actors : Amza Pellea, Gabriel Nacu, Annelise Dan, Horia Zugravescu,

In 1975 two Romanian kids go about their daily routine in their native fishing village on the Danube Delta when a mysterious stranger asks them for a ride in their fishing boat to an island located deep inside the river delta.

Actors : Zdenek Braunschläger, Vladimír Bicík, Josef Beyvl, Svetla Amortová,
Directors : Vladimír Cech,

Three short stories. A photographer Nerad (Jirí Vala) has a sightly and bright wife - the doctor Adéla (Libuse Svormová). Her hobby is solving criminal mysteries.

Actors : Hristos Nomikos, Giannis Petropoulos, Anton Theodorelos, Maria Vassiliou,
Directors : Omiros Efstratiadis,

Two vagabond friends become lovers of the same beautiful girl, but when their third friend and leader comes out of prison, he has other plans for all of them.

Actors : Gabriele Ferzetti, Michele Placido, Ira von Fürstenberg, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Lucio De Caro,

Following a terrorist attack on a train, police arrested the police worker Stefano Baldini, a militant in a left-wing group, who, however, died during police interrogation under unclear ...

Actors : Fabijan Sovagovic, Milena Dravic, Bekim Fehmiu, Biserka Alibegovic,
Directors : Antun Vrdoljak,

A film about a small-time gangster, a loser who finally seems on the road to going straight.

Actors : Kim Dimon, Erika Blanc, Adolfo Celi, Peter Lee Lawrence,
Directors : Nardo Bonomi,

A treacherous low-level mafioso greedily rips off a shipment of arms from his powerful godfather and tries to sell them to an especially dubious group of Arabs.

Actors : Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Vladimir Ivashov, Margarita Terekhova, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy,
Directors : Grigori Kromanov,

The year is 1921. Lenin and the Bolsheviks have just defeated the White Army and ended the Russian Civil War. However, the valuable diamonds that belonged to the ousted royal family are ...

Actors : Reid Cruickshanks, Jackie Mason, Dan Frazer, Josip Elic,

Roger Pitman (Jackie Mason), a small-time grifter and crook, works with police-detective Alex Brogan (Dan Frazer), in trapping fellow thieves with bait money. Pitman decides to take some of...

Actors : Alice Arno, Evelyne Scott, Sandra Julien, Roger Darton,
Directors : Gilbert Roussel,

A bleak organization of prostitutes' traffickers realizes sinister business in the wild West. Seasoned by provocative sexy scenes, the film will surprise for its beauty!

Actors : Jeong-hie Yu, Jang-kang Heo,
Directors : Man-hui Lee,

An investigation of a motorcycle gang gets sidetracked as the police unit uncovers a case of child abuse and kidnapping.

Actors : Tomiko Ishii, Yukie Kagawa, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroshi Kawaguchi,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

As with actor Umemiya's TEIO pictures, this is a loosely-linked series.

Actors : Núria Espert, Baptista Fernandes, Máximo Valverde, Américo Coimbra,
Directors : Rafael Moreno Alba,

A man is too busy to care and show his affection to his wife, and she founds solace and happiness in the arms of a younger man. The husbands sets a detective after proofs of her infidelity,...

Actors : Dub Taylor, Roger Davis, Tricia Sembera, Richard Kiel,

Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.

Actors : Eckard Rabe, Gaenor Becker, Chris du Toit, Ian Yule,
Directors : Tim Spring,

Following the success of 'Flying Squad' (1971) and 'Gold Squad' (1971), Kavalier Films came up with the final feature in an informal trilogy featuring Captain Nick Jansen of the South ...

Actors : Simonetta Stefanelli, Richard Conte, Giancarlo Prete, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Tonino Ricci,

Giancarlo Prete stars as a police commissioner out to stop local Mafia boss Don Peppino Scalise.

Actors : Eva Reyes, Ronald L. Marchini, Leo Fong, Leila Hermosa,
Directors : Manuel Songco,

During World War II, When the Japanese were fighting in the Philippines, they buried a stash of gold. They decided to abandon the traditional "treasure map", deciding instead to engrave ...

Actors : Jang-kang Heo, Hyeon-shil Tae, Ji-myeong Oh,
Directors : Seong-wook Seo,

Detective Heo is blackmailed and then framed by an unknown party while he is closing in on a murder suspect

Actors : Atash Khayyer, Saeed Rad, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Ezzatolah Entezami,
Directors : Naser Taghvai,

Sadegh and his wife manage a tea house in the way between Ahvaz and Andimeshk south of Iran. One night in his absence a friend of him who is a truck driver comes to his place and the wife ...

Actors : Prem Nath, Ratan Chopra, Jeevan, Tanuja,
Directors : Mohan Kumar,

Ravi, the only son of wealthy widower Rai Bahadur Gangaram, falls in love with fellow-collegian, Sheel, but is shocked to find that she is to be his future step-mother. His father decides ...