Best Cop movies of 1970s

Actors : Arthur O'Sullivan, Anton Diffring, Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander,
Directors : Riccardo Freda,

In Dublin, a young woman is brutally murdered in her home by a maniac that throws acid in her face and then slits her throat with a razor. Her mangled body is later discovered in the boot ...

Actors : Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Guido Mannari,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.

Actors : Chuck Boyd, Sylvia Chang, Don Wong, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Wei Lo,

A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.

Actors : Raymond Burr, John Ireland, Susan George, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well ...

Actors : Jim Hutton, Paul Burke, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Adams,
Directors : Ray Danton,

A former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.

Actors : Linda Miller, James Brolin, Richard S. Castellano, Cliff Gorman,

A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

Actors : Delia Boccardo, James Whitmore, Franco Nero, Fernando Rey,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.

Actors : Curd Jürgens, Béatrice Romand, Lila Kedrova, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Roy Boulting,

In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always bumbling in inspector Clouseau-style. As ...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michèle Morgan, Philippe Léotard, Serge Reggiani,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

A very unorthodox police inspector is assigned to investigate a millionaire's mysterious death.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Bisset, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Reggiani,
Directors : Luigi Comencini,

Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murdering of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the Torino's high society. Santamaria suspect ...

Actors : Morgan Woodward, Burt Lancaster, Cameron Mitchell, Susan Clark,

An ex-con, once a cop, now working as security in a college, decides to investigate the murder of one of the students, a daughter of a senator.

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 : Holly Palance, Arthur Lowe, John Cleese, Ron Moody,
Directors : Joseph McGrath,

The grandson of the world's first and foremost consulting detective and his bumbling, bionic sidekick attempt to catch the only living descendant of Professor Moriarty.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Ray Lovelock, Richard Conte, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Marino Girolami,

A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of...

Actors : Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow, Eddie Egan, Robert Duvall,
Directors : Howard W. Koch,

After his suspension for the shooting death of drug runner, a New York City cop vows to keep the streets clean, any way he can.

Actors : Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen, Tapio Hämäläinen,
Directors : Spede Pasanen,

A scientist creates a fully grown test tube baby from the cells of a mathematician, and the two are frequently mistaken for each other by gangsters, private investigators, the police, and the baby's creator himself.

Actors : David Bailey, Randolph Roberts, Scott Brady, Tiffany Bolling,
Directors : Richard L. Bare,

A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast...

Actors : Xavier Depraz, Roland Bertin, Laura Betti, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police ...

Actors : Mel Ferrer, Lia Tanzi, Claudio Cassinelli, Gianfranco Barra,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

A young prostitute is found brutally killed and is up to detective Germi (Claudio Cassinelli) the investigation of the case, as the search progress he uncovers a girls trafficking ring with connections to powerful people.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Luc Merenda, Carlo Alighiero, Richard Conte,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

When Milano police lieutenant Giorga's chief is murdered by an organized crime ring, he vows to avenge his boss's death. Going undercover to continue the chief's investigation, he plans to ...