Best Cop movies of 1972

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Melville,

Bank robbery in small town ends with one of the robbers being wounded. The loot from the robbery is just an asset for the even more spectacular heist. Simon, gang leader and Paris night ...

Actors : Ron O'Neal, Sheila Frazier, Carl Lee, Julius Harris,
Directors : Gordon Parks Jr.,

The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.

Actors : Thalmus Rasulala, Vonetta McGee, William Marshall, Denise Nicholas,
Directors : William Crain,

An ancient African prince, turned into a vampire by Dracula himself, finds himself in modern Los Angeles.

Actors : Frank Adu, Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : Barry Shear,

Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, Sharon Gurney, David Ladd,
Directors : Gary Sherman,

There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. When a top civil servant becomes the latest to disappear down there Scotland ...

Actors : Lizabeth Scott, Mickey Rooney, Michael Caine, Lionel Stander,
Directors : Mike Hodges,

A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.

Actors : Rie Yokoyama, Meiko Kaji, Yôko Mihara, Yayoi Watanabe,
Directors : Shun'ya Itô,

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

Actors : Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield,
Directors : Ivan Dixon,

It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set ...

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Rip Torn, Stella Stevens, Jim Brown,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, George C. Scott, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.

Actors : Jack Weston, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Tom Skerritt,
Directors : Richard A. Colla,

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Actors : Olga Aroseva, Yuriy Nikulin, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Georgiy Burkov,
Directors : Eldar Ryazanov,

An old detective does not want to retire, especially if the reason for his retire is to free a place for stupid young "promoted-by-the-tops" guy. The only way out is to convince the boss ...

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Gheorghe Dinica, Alexandru Dobrescu,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Set in post war Romania, a communist who was tortured by the fascists during the war is now a police detective and sets about clearing his city of gangsters and black marketeers.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Gene Hackman, Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black,
Directors : Bill Norton,

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 keys of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

Actors : Marilù Tolo, Salvo Randone, George Hilton, William Berger,
Directors : Tonino Valerii,

A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.

Actors : Jacques Herlin, Fabio Garriba, Carla Tatò, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

A populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino, Katharine Ross, James Garner,
Directors : James Goldstone,

California small town police chief investigates a suspicious death involving the victim's own dog that presumably killed its owner.

Actors : Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley, Patrick Wright, Laurie Rose,
Directors : Don Schain,

Cheerleaders and models are kidnapped & sold by a white slavery ring. Female agent is sent to rescue them.

Actors : Franco Fabrizi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mariangela Melato, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Steno,

This is a story of a secret organization of former police officers, who go beyond the law, to kill notorious criminals without trial. One police inspector, (intense performance: Enrico ...

Actors : Vonetta McGee, William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Bruce D. Clark,

A dock worker becomes a prizefighter, but gets mixed up with a crooked manager. A sympathetic L.A. detective tries to set him straight, but he won't listen. His manager, who is also a drug ...