Best Crime movies of 1967

Actors : Noriko Chigetsu, Masao Chirakawa, Kaoru Miya, Mari Nagisa,
Directors : Seiichi Fukuda,

When the two lovers Yukio and Minoru meet again after four years of separation, they find that their old feelings are not dead. The problem is that Yukio is now married. But things get ...

Actors : Sanae Kitabayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Ichirô Nakatani, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

A companion piece to DUEL aka ENDLESS DUEL, also directed by Masuda, with a nearly identical cast. Refreshingly well-written, with some notable, welcome variations on the standard ninkyô yakuza formula.

Actors : Keenan Wynn, Kieron Moore, Fernando Rey, Ina Balin,
Directors : Bernard Glasser,

The theft of a fortune in diamonds and the attempt by soldier of fortune Johnny Dent to outwit his pursuers who would stop at nothing to get their hands on the treasure forms the story-line...

Actors : Rik Battaglia, Erika Blanc, Rosalba Neri, Joachim Fuchsberger,
Directors : José Antonio de la Loma,

A secret agent/International playboy who "just happens" to look like a famous scientist, allows himself to be captured by the opposition, in order to thwart their plans. After many car ...

Actors : Noel Purcell, Ed Begley, Tom Bell, Susan Hampshire,
Directors : Don Sharp,

Irish terrorist breaks out of prison, and heads back to Ireland intending to blow up an electronics factory

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Kenjirô Uemura, Junko Miyazono, Kinuko Obata,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

The fast-moving picture is a bit a hybrid between the ninkyô and the emerging jitsuroku sub-genres.

Actors : Ryôhei Uchida, Asao Koike, Junzaburô Ban, Noboru Andô,
Directors : Eiichi Kudô,

Exhausting and mind-blowing.

Actors : Klausjürgen Wussow, Vivi Bach, George Martin, Rosalba Neri,
Directors : Alfonso Balcázar,

A criminal organization led by a man named Elektra has found a serum capable of unleashing aggressive to anyone who furnishes. Aware of the news, the Soviet and American governments decide to join forces to stop the dangerous threat.

Actors : Hie Mun, Sung-il Shin, Mun Kang, Han-seob Kim,
Directors : Young Nam Ko,

A man robs a jewelry store believing money will make his wife happy, but she is horrified by what he has done.

Actors : Elke Sommer, Nancy Kwan, Robert Stack, Christian Marquand,
Directors : James Hill,

Spy accidentally gets an ancient treasure. Several corrupt groups try to steal it from him.

Actors : Keith McConnell, Laurie Dane, Lotus Lee, Susan Evans,
Directors : Barry Mahon,

Large-breasted private eye Busty Brown is hired to rescue a kidnapped Oriental girl, so she gets a job at a sleazy nightclub where she believes the owner is involved in the kidnapping.

Actors : Keve Hjelm, Gio Petré, Tor Isedal, Hans Ernback,
Directors : Hans Abramson,

A dead and unknown woman, is found in a canal. Police inspector Martin Beck becomes involved in the case. After several months the woman is identified. The police reconstruct the woman's last trip on the canal boat "Wilhelm Tham".

Actors : Mireille Darc, Anouk Ferjac, Fanny Robiane, Renée Saint-Cyr,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

Catherine is left unmarried and pregnant when her mobster sweetheart is killed in this gangster comedy. With the help of another unmarried mother-to-be, Catherine goes looking for the stash of cash buried by her lover before his death.

Actors : Jeong-hie Yun, Hie-gab Kim, Bong-seo Ku, Eun-jin Han,
Directors : Hwa-lang Kim,

Bong-seo stays at an inn run by ambitious Ji Tae-bu. He pretends to be courting the innkeepers daughter, but all the while he is planning a way to cheat Ji out of everything she owns

Actors : Gérard Tichy, Richard Harrison, Margaret Lee, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

In Madrid, actor Lang is hired by Monsieur Bernard to impersonate a certain Owen for a time. Lang is trained for his role, that is to replace Owen as the diamond pickup controller at General Diamond in London.

Actors : Rod Dana, Paul Muller, Luisa Rivelli, Spela Rozin,
Directors : Guido Zurli,

Secret agent Mark Roberts is described by his very angry boss as a "lascivious pleasure seeking sybarite". He whizzes around Paris, Barcelona, London and North Africa as he tries to curb the activities of a gang of arms smugglers.

Actors : Hideo Murata, Kyôsuke Machida, Ryô Ikebe, Saburô Kitajima,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Yet one more great riveting, hard-boiled little action gem.

Actors : Chuang Chiao, Yi Chang, Lieh Lo, Pat Ting Hung,
Directors : Teng Hung Hsu,

During the Song dynasty, after the upright prefect Bao Zheng executed Pang Yu for embezzlement, the grand tutor Pang Ji sent assassins to avenge his son's death. A chivalrous man, Zhan Zhao...

Actors : Johnny Walker, Rehman, Nutan, Dharmendra,
Directors : D.D. Kashyap,

Arrogant son of a wealthy, blind woman, rapes his mother's nurse and abandons her. She gets pregnant but the child does not live, and she continues to live her life and follow up on her ...

Actors : Marco Antonio Campos, Regina Torné, Gilda Mirós, Gaspar Henaine,
Directors : René Cardona Jr.,

After a clumsy painter indirectly becomes the witness of a murder, the murderers chase after him in order to kill him too.