Best Murder Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Frank Perry,

A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only...

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...

Actors : Marie Déa, Jean Yanne, Renato Salvatori, Alain Delon,
Directors : Alain Jessua,

After years of poverty, Carrier, a repairman, inherits a large sum of money upon his brother's death in an accident. Now rich, he decides it is time to make his mark and be known at any cost. Becoming more and more mentally unstable, he begins to threaten police and the government signing his tracts, "Armaguedon". A detective from Interpol heads the investigation and prepares a trap at an ...

Actors : Licinia Lentini, Franco Nero, Mario Maranzana, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses...

Actors : Delia Boccardo, Luc Merenda, Mel Ferrer, Michele Gammino,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Starting the investigation of a murder mystery, a police man is to investigate dangerously top politicians and military. A chain of suicides takes its toll among the current and past ...

Actors : Uschi Glas, Fabio Testi, Jean Gabin, Jacques Richard,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.

Actors : James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Jean Seberg, Stephen Boyd,
Directors : Romain Gary,

Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

Actors : George Kennedy, Broderick Crawford, Mariko Okada, Yûsaku Matsuda,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.

Actors : Preston Pierce, Georgina Spelvin, Susie Ewing, Rosalind Miles,
Directors : Al Adamson,

A team of girls go on a killing spree across the country.

Actors : Antonella Antinori, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Mario Cutini, Ray Lovelock,
Directors : Mario Gariazzo,

A reporter and his girlfriend investigate deaths surrounding a hotel where several prominent people go to have sex.

Actors : Marcel Bozzuffi, Domenico Santoro, Françoise Fabian, Andrea Balestri,
Directors : Carlo Lizzani,

Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.

Actors : Floy Dean, Teresa Graves, Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth,
Directors : Jack Arnold,

Private detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.

Actors : Stefano Patrizi, Benjamin Lev, Tomas Milian, Eleonora Giorgi,
Directors : Romolo Guerrieri,

In this riveting Italian exploitation thriller, three young men embark upon a terrifying series of bloody crimes, engaging in robbery, gunplay, and murder. As the entire police force ...

Actors : Jon Finch, Tony Beckley, Christopher Lee, Judy Geeson,
Directors : Sidney Hayers,

Anonymous notes accuse a psychiatrist of having murdered his wife. A bedraggled policeman attempts to uncover the truth behind her disappearance.

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 : 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 : Rosie Stone, Frank Bannon, Joshua Bryant, Linda York,

Two Los Angeles detectives are assigned to track down and arrest a brutal rapist-murderer terrorizing the city. Their job is complicated by the fact that the killer is able to avoid capture because he can pose as a woman.

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

Actors : Franco Fabrizi, Arthur Kennedy, Claudio Cassinelli, Sara Sperati,
Directors : Luciano Ercoli,

Luciano Ercoli's Killer Cop is actually an entirely serious Italian crime thriller (or 'Poliziotteschi'), that handles themes such as murder and terrorism. ..

Actors : Christos Athanasopoulos, Aris Tsiounis, Tina Spathi, Mirka Danezi,
Directors : Apostolos Tegopoulos,

Vardis, a wealthy bussinessman returns home to find his daughter Melanie dead by drug overdose. A detective starts investigating until he finds out that Vardis is behind the drug dealers.