Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Saira Banu, Rajendra Nath, Dharmendra, Dev Kumar,
Directors : Kalidas,

A beauty queen is caught up in international intrigue aboard a luxury yacht, and begins to suspect she cannot trust anyone, not even her race-car driver boyfriend.

Actors : Ashok Kumar, Zeenat Aman, Randhir Kapoor, Pran,
Directors : Vijay Sadanah,

The theft of Devi Maa's statuette jeopardizes the lives of a noble family.

Actors : Shi-Kwan Yen, Shan Kwan, Kien Shih, Lik Cheung,
Directors : Hao Chen,

Shek Kin plays the head of a large crime family. His sons get into all sorts of trouble with the other triad bosses. They both escalate the situation with drugs and murder and create a bitter feud with a rival family.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Mayumi Nagisa, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

One of the only pre-1980s yakuza films to be dubbed-into-English.

Actors : A.K. Hangal, Imtiaz Khan, Zarina Wahab, Shatrughan Sinha,
Directors : Jugal Kishore,

Widower Hridaynath lives a poor lifestyle in Belapur where he works as a Head Master. Her instills national pride amongst his students and the villagers and gets them actively involved for ...

Actors : Eeki Mantere, Arja Virtanen, Pauli Virtanen, Mikko Majanlahti,
Directors : Seppo Huunonen,

A middle-aged man becomes deeply involved with the affairs and criminal connections of a mysterious girl.

Actors : Chung Wang, Szu Shih, Wei Szu, Lu-Min Chen,

An anthology film featuring three true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's. Part 1: Hidden Torsos' A woman and her daughter are murdered by her abusive boyfriend....

Actors : Hülya Koçyigit, Savas Basar, Oktar Durukan, Dogan Bavli,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

An outlaw gang take over the house of a Doctor and his family raping & torturing them leading to a cruel end for everyone.

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Toshirô Mifune, Shin Saburi,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

One of Mifune's very few yakuza film appearances.

Actors : Akio Hasegawa, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Shintarô Katsu,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Katsu's only movie at Toei Studio.

Actors : Giuseppe Mattei, Alice Arno, Olivier Mathot, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A deadly look into the savage world of gangsters. The aftermath of a holdup turns into a game of deceit and doublecross. A vengeful woman brings about the destruction of the entire gang of ruthless killers.

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Reena Roy, Asha Parekh, Sunil Dutt,
Directors : Raja Thakur,

On the night of his marriage to Asha (Asha Parekh), Anand (Sunil Dutt) is arrested for allegedly murdering his business partner, and held in prison until his trial takes place. Anand ...

Actors : Ashok Kumar, Satish Kaul, Asha Sachdev, Kabir Bedi,
Directors : S.M. Sagar,

Sheela lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Ghanshyamdas. One day she interviews a candidate named Mahesh for the position of an Engineer. Despite of his pretending to be ...

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Tamio Kawaji, Yuri Yoshioka, Mieko Fujimoto,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

The clash between a group of motorist gangster and a professional hunter who desire for revenge.

Actors : Ewa Dalkowska, Mariusz Dmochowski, Aleksander Bardini, Andrzej Lapicki,
Directors : Janusz Majewski,

One of the most talked-about trials in 1930s Polish press. Housekeeper Rita Gorgon, who has an affair with her employer, is accused of murdering his teenage daughter.

Actors : Mara Danaud, Franco Nero, Fernando Rey, Umberto Orsini,
Directors : Marcello Aliprandi,

During an inquest, an ambitious judge finds out that a lot of high-rank politicians are corrupt to the core.

Actors : Tomoko Kihi, Yoshiko Mita, Saburô Kitajima, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

In all likelihood, a one-off revival of Wakayama's 11 film GOKUDO (SCOUNDREL) series, which originally finish in 1974.

Actors : Nancy Kwan, Carl Betz, Bobby Rydell, Sid Melton,
Directors : Eddie Davis,

Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape, the diplomat must turn over to Foster a ...

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Moushumi Chatterjee, Sarika, Jeetendra,
Directors : K. Bapaiah,

Vijay (Jeetendra) is a Crime Reporter and very often helps the police in apprehending criminals. When his stepmother (Kamini Kaushal) passes away, she asks him to look after his ...

Actors : Dencio Padilla, Fernando Poe Jr., Nello Nayo, Lorna Tolentino,
Directors : Armando A. Herrera,

Walking alone in some dark alley, Sgt. Mediavillo goes about his job as a daring detective.