Best Murder Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : Lisa Moore, Bhetty Waldron, Bernie Casey, Pam Grier,
Directors : George Armitage,

A lawyer whose brother was murdered winds up getting involved with gangsters and the world of porno movies.

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 : 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 : 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 : Richard Harrison, Marisa Mell, Helmut Berger, Marina Giordana,
Directors : Sergio Grieco,

Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison. The foul foursome embark on a savage rape, murder, and robbery spree. Vitali even abducts ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Françoise Fabian, Giancarlo Badessi, Franco Nero, 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Flora Robson, Gayle Hunnicutt, 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.

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 : 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 : Rudolf Hrusínský, Libuse Holeckova, Hana Brejchová, Jana Vanková,
Directors : Petr Schulhoff,

Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) from the Prague criminal intelligence service has been sent to a small town of Dubá in North Bohemia to help with the investigation of the puzzling death of a...