Best Action movies of 1979

Actors : Jayamalini, Anita, Anuradha, Aruna,

Abducted, presumed dead, young Pratap survives in an ashram, learns various arts of worship and weaponry, rescues and then falls in love with Kalingnagar's Rajkumari Malti, and wants to wed...

Actors : George Steve, Alice Meyer, Ali Tayler, Hsao Lung,

This movie creates a fictional story around Bruce Lee's death. In it a villain known as "Big Boss" drugs Bruce Lee in order to destroy his production company and force him to work for him. ...

Actors : Ranjeet, Ashok Kumar, Prema Narayan, Mahendra Sandhu,
Directors : Shiv Kumar,

An escaped convict blows up a train just to extract vengeance against the CBI Inspector who arrested him.

Actors : Rekha, Amjad Khan, Vinod Khanna, Biswajeet,
Directors : Kuljit Pal,

Seeking the treasure located in Solomon's Mines in the heart of Africa, Zorro (Amjad Khan) abducts and holds Sunita's (Rekha) father as ransom, and forces her to journey to Africa, to find ...

Actors : Raymond Lui, Jing Fang, Pao-Shan Chang, Hua Tsung,
Directors : Raymond Lui,

A troupe of comedians, including midgets, provide entertainment and kung fu trouble for the villains.

Actors : Dean Shek, Siu Tin Yuen, Pan Pan Yeung, Casanova Wong,
Directors : Hai-Feng Wei,

Beggar So is trying to train brother and sister team Chung and Gam Fa, with mixed results! But an enemy from Beggar So's past, Grasshopper Bill Chan and his brother Cougar start causing ...

Actors : Yi Chang, Chung-Kuei Chang, Hou Tao Hsiao, Kuo Chung Ching,

An old Kung fu master and Assassin adopts a new disciple and teaches him the mantis kung fu in the hope his new protege will continue his killing for him.

Actors : Chin Hu, Chung-Hsing Chao, Ming Chin, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Ting Mei Sung,

Also known as Shaolin Red Master.

Actors : Man-Biu Bak, Mary Hon, Biao Yuen, Ga-Ming Chan,

A hostile Kung Fu gym takeover is orchestrated by the Gold Haired Lion (Kwan Hoi San). After the gym's Sifu and family dies, the student named Mo and his wise guy sidekick, further their kung fu studies to take revenge for their master.

Actors : Elke Sommer, Rod Taylor, Jeremy Kemp, Stuart Whitman,
Directors : Henry Levin,

A chance meeting leads two former college friends into a search for sunken treasure, a search which involves them with the double dealing Landers, supporter of their expedition treasures is...

Actors : Chiu Ming Chen, David Chiang, Feng Hsu, Paul Chang,
Directors : Chi Lo,

When an evil warlord tries to control the masses by using Christianity as a cover for his secret agenda, an earnest martial arts master (David Chiang) vows to expose the warlord's ultimate,...

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Jeevan, Jagdeep, Ranjeeta Kaur,
Directors : Ravikant Nagaich,

In a bid to locate a missing employee, Jackson, the Central Bureau of Investigation assigns Agent Gopi to locate him. Gopi accepts this assignment and must battle women; venomous snakes; ...

Actors : Angela Luce, Gianni Garko, Marco Girondino, Nunzio Gallo,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

Gennarino is a Neapolitan orphan boy. He lives with Angela his adoptive mother, a former famous singer now fallen in the dust. She has a serious illness, and they together try to get the ...

Actors : Charles Bonet, Carter Wong, Cecilia Wong, Ron Van Clief,
Directors : Chih Chen,

Allison Wong gets abducted by a gang of drug smugglers with a nasty sideline business involving white slavery and prostitution. Interpol agent Bill Eaton, honest worker Chen, and Allison's ...

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Guts Ishimatsu, Teruhiko Aoi, Minori Terada,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

Generel Sanada, seeking retribution for the murder of his father and a lost battle, both conceived by the Shogun, devises a series of brilliant plans to thwart the Shogun's overwhelming strength.

Actors : Peng Tien, Yi Lung Huang, Chung-Erh Lung, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Pao-Shu Kao,

He fights alone. He is mysterious. He is The Jade Fox, an intelligent Robin Hood type highway man. Follow his story of double crosses and deception as the Jade Fox becomes involved in a ...

Actors : Yen Tsan Tang, Michelle Yim, Feng Ku, Bruce Li,
Directors : Lu Po Tu,

Chan Shan returns home to find his brother is causing trouble in the town, his mother has become blind from the stress of crying and the local Japanese crime boss is terrorizing the family.

Actors : Carter Wong, Sing Chen, Casanova Wong, Chung-Erh Lung,
Directors : Shao-Peng Chen,

A loyal commissioner defends the Chinese republic against a scheming general

Actors : Barry Prima, Eva Arnaz, W.D. Mochtar, Dicky Zulkarnaen,
Directors : Arizal,

Special Silencers are large red pills, obtained from a forest dwelling mystic, which aid in meditation. However, if used by the untrained they cause a huge tree to grow in the stomach, and ...

Actors : Sor Young Chi, Siu Lun Chan, Yi Tao Chang, Kil-su Hyeon,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

When a young boy finds himself alone in the world when his adoptive father disappears after a fight, his first thought is to go to Shaolin.