Best Crime movies of 1970s

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 : Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Michele Renzullo,
Directors : Mario Landi,

In Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.

Actors : Marjorie Yates, Debbie Farrington, Donald Sumpter, Sylvia O'Donnell,
Directors : Ian Merrick,

A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.

Actors : Uschi Obermaier, Marquard Bohm, Gaby Go, Sylvia Kekulé,
Directors : Rudolf Thome,

Thomas hitchhikes from Hamburg to Munich where he meets his ex-girlfriend, Peggy. As Thomas doesn't have a bed for the night Peggy takes him home, not knowing that she and her four room mates have all made a strange pact.

Actors : Sylvia Miles, Zeenat Aman, Rex Harrison, Dharmendra,
Directors : Krishna Shah,

On the run from the police, S.S. Kumar, a thief, comes across a private invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley addressed to Raja Bahadur Singh. When the Raja is shot, Kumar takes him...

Actors : Marjoe Gortner, Merrie Lynn Ross, Jesse Vint, Lynda Carter,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A young country-star wannabe takes off from her carhop career to join with a young, modern Billy the Kid wannabe for an adventure in theft, murder and mayhem.

Actors : Marta Flores, Xabier Elorriaga, Frank Braña, Víctor Petit,
Directors : José Antonio de la Loma,

A gang of fifteen-year-old living in the suburbs of Barcelona have specialized in car theft. With that cars they are engaged in giving the "pull", storming shops to sell goods and attack ...

Actors : Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz, Marta DuBois, James Victor,
Directors : Michael Pressman,

Kid brother Chuco (Danny De La Paz) is a sullen low-rider still caught up in the life. Despite their differences, their family bond is strong. But that bond is violently tested when rivals ...

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Emlyn Williams, Phyllis Calvert, David Hemmings,
Directors : Eric Till,

A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her ...

Actors : Kôji Wada, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji, Akiko Wada,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.

Actors : Angelica Ippolito, Gian Maria Volontè, Mario Adorf, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

Journey into the fears of the escort agent Graziano, guilty of knowing too much.

Actors : Victor Lanoux, Henri Vilbert, Jean Gabin, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Claude Bernard-Aubert,

Actors : Lee Majors, Harris Yulin, Jennifer O'Neill, Art Carney,
Directors : Steve Carver,

Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers...

Actors : Tomas Milian, Claudio Undari, Claudio Cassinelli, Nicoletta Machiavelli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

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 ...

Actors : Catherine Schell, Eric Porter, Carl Möhner, Edward Woodward,
Directors : Don Sharp,

David Callan, top agent/assassin for the S.I.S., was forced to retire because he had lost his nerve. Now, Callan is called back into service to handle the assassination of Schneider, a ...

Actors : Nanda Van Bergen, Ada Tauler, Karine Gambier, Jack Taylor,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Susan arrives in Haiti to live with her husband Jack, who lives with a lesbian housekeeper and Olga, a nymphomaniac platinum blonde, introduced to her as Jack's sister. Susan begins to have...

Actors : Roger Darton, Martine Stedil, Nathalie Chape, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A small-time hood brings the attention of the law with an insurance scam and diamond theft, but things become even more interesting when his moll murders him and is slammed behind bars ...

Actors : Vince Edwards, Neville Brand, Hank Brandt, Chuck Connors,
Directors : Bert I. Gordon,

William Dorn decides to get back at all the people he blames for the overdose death of his daughter and the break up of his marriage, so he decides to go on a bombing spree. His first ...

Actors : David Hayman, Sean Scanlan, Alex Norton, Jake D'Arcy,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.