Best Prison movies of 1970s

Actors : Janne Carlsson, Viveca Dahlén, Olof Bergström, Eddie Axberg,
Directors : Mats Arehn,

Maria and Leif has a relationship. Leif is a former bank robber. He makes another hit and is sentenced to prison. He urges Maria to forget him.

Actors : Bolo Yeung, Jason Pai Piao, Lung Chan, Tung-Kua Ai,
Directors : Bolo Yeung,

Two convicts get freed from prison and become lawmen in a corrupt village.

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 : Eleni Erimou, Manos Katrakis, Yorgos Moutsios, Nikos Kourkoulos,
Directors : Nikos Foskolos,

A young investigator finds out that have led rather unjustly his old sweetheart in prison on charges of the murder of her husband. Decides to again investigate the case, with the help of an...

Actors : Hee-ra Kim, Il-bong Yun, Shi-chan Na, Hye-kyeong Jang,
Directors : Doo-yong Lee,

So-dol, serving a prison sentence after being accused of murdering his friend, gets a 7 day leave from the prison when his mother dies. As soon as he and the guard assigned to him arrive in...

Actors : Bárbara Rey, José Antonio Ceinos, Miguel Ángel Godó, Patricia Adriani,
Directors : Hubert Frank,

A beautiful young girl parachutes onto a remote, isolated island, and finds herself taken prisoner by a gang of criminals hiding out there.

Actors : Jamshid Mashayekhi, Morteza Ahmadi, Nilufar, Ezzatollah Moghbeli,
Directors : Esmail Nooriala,

A famous singer named Eskandar who killed his cousin out of love and served 15 years in prison is released. He finds out that his nephew Sasan has impregnated his late cousin's daughter ...

Actors : Lia Flessa, Petros Zarkadis, Giorgos Stratigakis, Yannis Petrakis,
Directors : Kostas Doukas,

Two criminals escaped from prison abuse a family which takes bloody revenge later.

Actors : Hsi Chang, Ching Feng Chiang, Wei-Ying Chen, Shen Chan,
Directors : Han Hsiang Li,

Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Anya Ormsby, Carol Locatell, Ted Cassidy,
Directors : Chris Robinson,

Four women escape from a prison and wind up stranded in a swamp with a lecherous redneck after them. Meanwhile, an federal agent tracks a ring of heroin smugglers through the same swamp.

Actors : Jayant, Shashi Kapoor, Sujit Kumar, Jagdeep,
Directors : Prayag Raj,

Raghuvir is a career criminal, and one day he is arrested by the Police, tried in Court, and sentenced to a long prison term. Shortly thereafter, he breaks out of prison, goes to the Judge ...

Actors : Duane Hahn, Tim Ormond, Nancy Harper, Craig Cortney,
Directors : Ron Ormond,

The true story of Ed Martin, former chain gang convict who converted to Christianity in prison in 1944 and formed the HopeAglow Prison Ministries. Ron Ormond's dramatized version of Ed's ...

Actors : Chiu Ming Chen, Kuo-Hua Chen, Fu Hung Cheng, Barry Chan,
Directors : Fei-Chien Wu,

During the Second World War, the Japanese send in two ex-prisoners to rule over a lumberyard in occupied China with brutal methods.

Actors : Mario Almada, Jorge Rivero, Daniela Rosen, Nadia Milton,
Directors : Toni Sbert,

On leaving prison, a former gang member faces a world of vendettas that drags him to a bloody path

Actors : Maya Hiromi, Meika Seri, Rie Ozawa, Hitomi Kozue,
Directors : Kôyû Ohara,

A group of beautiful young girls winds up in a juvenile hall because of their constantly getting in trouble with the law. The facility turns out to be a horrible place, where inmates are ...

Actors : Yayoi Watanabe, Kiwako Taichi, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

After eight years in prison, Takeshi's mission is a big heist from his own clan's gambling parlor.

Actors : Stefan Stefanov, Ivan Nestorov, Kolio Donchev, Kristiyan Fokov,
Directors : Kiril Ilinchev,

Three thematically related novels. The first one is "Peter". In a room of provincial railway station, two men guard the prisoner Peter. Peter observes the life from behind the bars. Soon ...

Actors : Raaj Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Vijay Arora, Mala Sinha,
Directors : Raj Tilak,

Three jailed convicts, Himmat, his brother Ajit, and Dilawar Khan break out of prison and take over the household of Editor Ashok Rai. The convicts will continue to hold the family hostage until their associate, Kamini contacts them in person.

Actors : Kuan Tai Chen, Helen Poon, Tony Liu, Fanny Fen-Ni,
Directors : Kang Cheng,

A probation officer tries to help a prisoner who faces harassment from corrupt guards and inmates.

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Michel Tureau, Georges Géret, Pierre Vaneck,
Directors : Daniel Moosmann,

Infantryman Jean Froissard is sentenced to two years in Biribi Military Prison in North Africa. He seems to get along, but as incompetence, corruption and sadism of his superiors (which ...