Best Crime movies of 1971

Actors : Jan Murray, Martha Hyer, Richard Egan, Rick Jason,
Directors : Ferde Grofé Jr.,

Gang tries to take over small town to rob its banks.

Actors : Ray Barrett, Sinéad Cusack, James Booth, Joan Collins,
Directors : Sidney Hayers,

A family plots to take its revenge on the man who raped and murdered their daughter.

Actors : Takeo Chii, Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.

Actors : Antonio Cantafora, Klaus Kinski, Marina Malfatti, Fred Robsahm,
Directors : Carlo Croccolo,

In Tombstone, a new sheriff vows to clean up the town of outlaws like the O'Hara brothers and is assisted by a strange lawyer who always carries two large law books with him.

Actors : Jess Walton, Paul Prokop, Michael Ontkean, Clint Ritchie,
Directors : Douglas Schwartz,

Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main ...

Actors : Wayne Crawford, Don Craig, Robin Hughes, Abe Zwick,
Directors : Thomas Casey,

Stanley and Paul, a pair of friends on the run from the law, rent a house in the suburbs, where they decide the best way to lay low is for Paul to dress as a woman and pretend to be ...

Actors : Sherry Bain, Elizabeth Knowles, Alex Rocco, Arell Blanton,
Directors : Richard Kanter,

Pete and Stick, two juvenile delinquents just thrown out of a biker gang, break into a luxury house where they rape two women. They settle in the house, sell the valuables and kill a curious neighbor.

Actors : Sherry E. DeBoer, Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, Belinda Montgomery,
Directors : Barry Shear,

Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmid ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of ...

Actors : Jean-Claude Bouillon, Paola Pitagora, Maurice Garrel, Nicoletta,
Directors : José Giovanni,

A small-time criminal wants to give up his life of crime. He performs a robbery with a friend, with similar feelings, and things go sour.

Actors : Bill Cosby, George Spell, Leif Erickson, Gloria Foster,
Directors : E.W. Swackhamer,

After the Civil War, a black ex-union soldier, his wife, and his son settle in Arizona Territory to homestead and build their lives. At first, Caleb Revers race doesn't seem to matter, but then things change.

Actors : Lon Chaney Jr., Jennifer Bishop, Russ Tamblyn, Aleshia Brevard,

After a string of bad times with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, ...

Actors : Ruth White, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

A young college student is sent to prison as much for killing a pedestrian with his car as for not paying his parking tickets. When the opportunity presents itself he escapes and is ...

Actors : Kit Ryder, Billy Gray, Bob Graham, Clifton Tip Fredell,
Directors : Floyd Mutrux,

A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.

Actors : Gila von Weitershausen, Fernando Sancho, Hans Hass Jr., Thomas Hunter,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A plane leaving the turmoil of a South American country in the midst of a revolution crash-lands in the Amazon jungle in Brazil. Among the passengers are a corrupt banker who is smuggling ...

Actors : Wakako Sakai, Kan'emon Nakamura, Komaki Kurihara, Tatsuya Nakadai,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers ...

Actors : Georges Wilson, Riccardo Cucciolla, Franco Nero, John Steiner,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

Because of a violation of traffic regulations an architect is put in prison. There he witnesses the grim reality of life behind bars: corrupt staff, corrupt inmates, an inhuman judicial system and the power of the Mafia.

Actors : Keith Erickson, Jane Allyson, Jason Yukon, Orita De Chadwick,
Directors : William Rotsler,

Marco is the ambitious godson of a crime boss. His attempt to quickly rise to the top leads to his downfall.

Actors : Helga van Wyk, Chris du Toit, Ian Yule, Dawid van der Walt,
Directors : Ivan Hall,

The police discovers that the perpetrators of an important bank- robbery belong to a group of organized criminals. On the other side was a member of this group killed by his mates during ...

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Stanley Baker, Georges Aminel, Henri Charrière,
Directors : Jean Herman,

Popsy double-crosses her older partner Silva. Silva has arranged to divert diamonds from a large corporate-run diamond mine in the South American jungle, and Popsy does her "pop" wrong as they are both pursued by police.

Actors : Elsa Cárdenas, Patricia Ferrer, Dagoberto Rodríguez, Santo,
Directors : Federico Curiel,

SANTO CONTRA LA MAFIA DEL VICIO (Santo vs. the Vice Mafia) has the Masked Mexican wrestling legend battling a dangerous mob that has targeted various Mexican chemical plants for sabotage.