Best Murder Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Per Oscarsson,
Directors : Laslo Benedek,

A man named Salem escapes from an insane asylum where he was confined for an axe-murder. Falsely convicted under a plea of "guilty due to insanity", he does not plan to let his sister and ...

Actors : Yôko Shimada, Kensaku Morita, Gô Katô, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt, Robert Shaw, Jon Voight,
Directors : Maximilian Schell,

While investigating a high-profile murder case, a savvy but unorthodox veteran police inspector has to cope with a bad conscience, bad health, an overzealous partner, a timid superior and ...

Actors : Aude Landry, Lisa Langlois, Laurent Malet, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Homicide detective Steve Carella is trying to solve the brutal murder of 17-year-old Muriel Stark. Her younger cousin Patricia, who saw the killer and barely escaped with her life, helps him. However, the case soon takes a bizarre turn.

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

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

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 : Françoise Fabian, Franco Nero, Giancarlo Badessi, Pierluigi Aprà,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

The latest success by film-maker Giacomo Solaris is a crime thriller about a judge who gets too friendly with the Mafia and is murdered. A resentful Sicilian magistrate orders the film ...

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 : Robert Mitchum, Mike Connors, James Franciscus, Jaclyn Smith,
Directors : Ted Post,

A woman is convinced by her lover to poison her cruel husband, a rich businessman. However, she becomes terrified when she finds the lover dead as well. A sinister PI, who's investigating her husband's disappearance, contacts her.

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 : 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 ...

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Tomas Milian, Maria Fiore, Mario Piave,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding the kidnapped boy and destroying the two families.

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 : Thalmus Rasulala, Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Denise Nicholas,
Directors : Paul Bogart,

A San Francisco attorney (Dean Martin) is hired to defend a black militant accused of murder.

Actors : Frank Wolff, Raf Vallone, Gillian Bray, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old, intellectually disabled woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the...

Actors : Daniel Schweitzer, Chris Mulkey, Polly King, Wayne Crawford,
Directors : Harry Kerwin,

When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of ...

Actors : Barry Newman, Diana Muldaur, Robert Colbert, Harold Gould,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.

Actors : Gayle Hunnicutt, Flora Robson, David Hemmings, Wilfrid Hyde-White,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Reformed drug addict Tim Brett is holidaying in Italy with his aunt. When she is murdered, he tries to investigate, and soon his whole life is out of control.