Best Action movies of 1972

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Donald Pleasence, Dana Andrews, Stanley Baker,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

Experienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well.

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Paul Stevens,
Directors : Hugh A. Robertson,

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It ...

Actors : Gordon Mitchell, Tony Kendall, Monica Teuber, William Berger,
Directors : Ernst Ritter von Theumer,

Seven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.

Actors : Dixie Peabody, Clyde Ventura, Joanne Moore Jordan, Terry Mace,
Directors : Barbara Peeters,

Tautly directed biker film, told from the woman's point of view. The heroine sets out on the road to avenge her brother's murder, toting a shotgun and meaning business.

Actors : Charlene Jones, Sid Haig, Pat Woodell, John Ashley,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Atsuo Nakamura, Sanae Kitabayashi, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry...

Actors : Anne Archer, Slim Pickens, James Coburn, Lois Nettleton,
Directors : Steve Ihnat,

An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.

Actors : George Lazenby, Ben Carruthers, Robin Hunter, Rudolph Walker,
Directors : Cy Endfield,

A lifelong mercenary commander and weapons expert played by George Lazenby is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he...

Actors : Hung Pai, Fei Meng, Lin Lin Li, Yasuaki Kurata,
Directors : Yang Ming Tsai,

A gifted but proud young martial arts student injures and kills an opponent. In retaliation , his father is killed. The young student vows revenge and begins to prepare for his epic face-off.

Actors : D'Urville Martin, Ed Cambridge, Billy Dee Williams, Celia Milius,
Directors : Oscar Williams,

Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.

Actors : Pawana Chanajit, Pi-bo Au, Lau Chan, Ying Bai,
Directors : Tin Chi Ng,

The evil Japanese are challenging kung fu masters to death duels and they are winning until one school learns to adapt and overcome by combining styles. Some drunken boxing helps along the way.

Actors : Prem Chopra, Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan, Laxmi Chhaya,
Directors : Mukul Dutt,

Bombay-based bachelor Jai Shankar Rai lets his superiors, as well as his boss, Ranjeet Choudhary, use his flat at night so that they can have their flings with women. He meets and fall in ...

Actors : Chin-Feng Wang, Pin Chiang, Chia-Lin Sun, Yuan Yi,
Directors : Fei-Chien Wu,

A mountain girl sets out to avenge her murdered father.

Actors : Raf Baldassarre, Gisela Hahn, Brad Harris, Daniele Vargas,
Directors : Bitto Albertini,

ZAMBO is king of the jungle! Deep in the jungles of central Africa, a lone figure moves swiftly through the trees. Often heard, sometimes seen, but never forgotten, the legend of ZAMBO is ...

Actors : Yun Ling, Shen Chan, Li Ching, Lily Li,
Directors : Il-Ho Jang,

Yan Zi Fei and Guan Yue Hua are returning home in love and plan to tell their parents but once they arrive back they find that there is a conflict between the two families. Guan Fun Lin is ...

Actors : Yung-Kyoon Sin, John Ireland, Victor Buono, Anita Ekberg,
Directors : David Lowell Rich,

Three adventurers--at times competing with each other, at other times allied with each other--search South Korea for a magical sword that is supposed to imbue its owner with wealth and power.

Actors : Nam-il Kim, No-shik Park, Mu-ryong Choi, Ji-mee Kim,
Directors : Hyo-cheon Kim,

An omnibus of three action-themed stories. Story One: 'Fury'--Assassin Jang Dong-su befriends his target when they are forced to team up against Chinese mounted bandits. Story Two: 'Deal'--...

Actors : Wu Ren Chang, Ming Chiang, Chiu Chen, Ching Ching Chang,
Directors : Tian-Lin Wang,

Martial arts action with a Ninja prince trying to overcome the odds and gain his rightful place on the throne.

Actors : Ryôhei Uchida, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mikio Narita, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

The second live-action film about the adventures of three ronin: Jubei, Sunlight, and Moonlight, who dedicate their lives to hunt down "shadows", the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate.