Best Investigation movies of 1970s

Actors : Dennis Waterman, John Thaw, Denholm Elliott, Ken Hutchison,
Directors : Tom Clegg,

Second cinematic spin-off from the popular 70's police series. Regan & Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.

Actors : Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Christopher Plummer, Karen Black,
Directors : Harvey Hart,

A detective investigating the death of a heroin-addicted prostitute uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a murderous devil cult.

Actors : Percy Herbert, Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman,
Directors : Alexander Singer,

A Native American born US Army officer, Captain Apache, investigating a murder, uncovers a presidential assassination plot.

Actors : Dennis Waterman, John Thaw, Ian Bannen, Barry Foster,
Directors : David Wickes,

Cinematic spin-off from the popular TV series. Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of ...

Actors : Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski, Angela Bo, Sergio Doria,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

A man discovers an ancient Incan formula for raising the dead, and uses it for a series of revenge murders.

Actors : Shane Briant, Katya Wyeth, James Bolam, Rita Tushingham,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

A timid, withdrawn woman meets a man she believes is finally the love of her life, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer.

Actors : Jon Finch, Sterling Hayden, Harry Andrews, Jenny Runacre,
Directors : Robert Fuest,

After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Programme", developed by his father. The ...

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Al Lettieri, Robert Forster, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

After his mistress is savagely beaten up a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.

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 : 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 : Yôko Shimada, Teruhiko Aoi, Mieko Takamine, Kôji Ishizaka,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

After the death of the Father , His family are gathered to share Inheritances , but suddenly a woman with a mysterious masked man arrive there , claiming to be the other wife of the man ...

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, 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 : Natsuko Yashiro, Tamaki Katsura, Yôko Azusa, Yuri Yamashina,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

Two restaurant employees begin a torturous and sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.

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 : Dana Wynter, Jay Silverheels, Michael Burns, Glenn Ford,
Directors : Gary Nelson,

A bounty hunter takes in the son of a man he killed.

Actors : Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
Directors : Govind Nihalani,

A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.

Actors : David Moses, Diana Davidson, Toni Jannotta, John Stinson,
Directors : William Malone,

An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the ...

Actors : Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher, Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton,
Directors : William Castle,

A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Sylva Koscina, Annabella Incontrera, Farley Granger,
Directors : Roberto Bianchi Montero,

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

Actors : Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, E.G. Marshall, Teresa Kelly,
Directors : Tom Laughlin,

After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will ...