Best Crime movies of 1971

Actors : Anjanette Comer, Joanne Dainton, Keith Barron, Chad Everett,
Directors : Sidney Hayers,

Insurance investigator must find out who is setting fires. Along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter and falls in love.

Actors : Tomiko Ishii, Yukie Kagawa, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroshi Kawaguchi,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

As with actor Umemiya's TEIO pictures, this is a loosely-linked series.

Actors : Pavle Vuisic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Abdurrahman Shala, Dunja Lango,
Directors : Vuk Vuco,

A Yugoslavian spoof of Dirty Harry and James Bond movies. A young inspector called Crazy Head goes after bandits that do not hesitate to use all kinds of vicious means in their shady ventures.

Actors : Gregory Sierra, Federico Gómez, Robert Padilla, Louis Ojena,
Directors : Paul Hunt,

A jailed Mexican bandit is offered a pardon if he will cross the border into Mexico and bring back a gang of murderous gold thieves.

Actors : Bohumil Smída, Josef Somr, Ilja Prachar, Jirí Adamíra,
Directors : Dusan Klein,

Marek (Jirí Holý), formerly a driver of a long-distance lorry, has served his term for smuggling art works abroad and is released from jail. Years ago, he sacrificed himself and confessed ...

Actors : Jirina Bohdalová, Josef Bláha, Josef Vinklár, Jaroslav Marvan,
Directors : Jirí Sequens,

In the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the river Vltava with a knife in his back. Police inspectors visit Toufar's lover, the ...

Actors : Sérgio Britto, Leonidas Bayer, Rubens Abreu, Adolfo Arruda,
Directors : Domingos de Oliveira,

Two brothers kill their father, helped by their sister's fiancé.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Akiko Kudô, Tatsuo Endô, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

A well-written saga of two gang bosses.

Actors : Henryk Bak, Elzbieta Kepinska, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Anna Górska,
Directors : Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki,

When Stanislaw Czermien is wrongfully accused of rape and murder, he decides to exonerate himself and track down the real perpetrator. He suspects him to be his own brother, Witold.

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Philippe Leroy, Elga Andersen, Rosanna Yanni,
Directors : Tonino Ricci,

A speed-boat racer suffers amnesia after an boating accident and goes to his isolated villa to recuperate. The relationship with his wife is troubled so he starts an affair (sort of) with ...

Actors : Yukie Kagawa, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Reiko Ike, Shinsuke Taki,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

In the 1970s, the Japanese youth emancipation also found it's way into the yakuza (crime) societies. A Girl Boss may have a choice between bikes, and between boyfriends. But she has to ...

Actors : Shingo Yamashiro, Tomoko Mayama, Tatsuo Umemiya, Naoko Fujiyama,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

Umemiya stars as a sexist son-of-a-bitch yakuza involved with the sex business.

Actors : Edward Blessington, Ross Stephenson, Maureen McGill, Jeremy Hart,
Directors : Ed Forsyth,

Elliot is a loser who robbed a bank and landed in jail after being setup by his girlfriend. As the new guy, Elliot is considered fresh meat and encounters inmates trying to make him their own at every turn.

Actors : Ottavia Piccolo, Rodolfo Baldini, Mario Adorf, Lino Toffolo,
Directors : Salvatore Samperi,

An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is helped by a small time smuggler (Toffolo).

Actors : Bool-am Choi, Hie Mun,
Directors : Hyo-cheon Kim,

While on his way to beg money from his stingy uncle, Seong-min meets Han. Han comes up with a plan where they can kill the old man for the money instead, however Seong-min is unaware that ...

Actors : Iren, Saeed Rad, Zackaria Hashemi, Vejesta,
Directors : Amir Naderi,

Naser who is a smart and experienced young guy knows that his retirement time from crime is near. He decides to do his last robbery and then marry the girl he loves 'Shirin'. He robs a ...

Actors : Han Chin, Jeanette Yu Wei, Shirley Huang, Chia Essie Lin,
Directors : Umetsugu Inoue,

To prevent a drug ring from killing her brother, Chen Chih Wen surrenders to the police claiming she is guilty of trafficking drugs. She is sent to jail. Years later she joins fellow ...

Actors : Josef Bláha, Josef Vinklár, Jaroslav Marvan, Vladimír Mensík,
Directors : Jirí Sequens,

In a suburban villa, a woman of means is murdered. Police Superintendent Zdychynec (Vladimír Mensík) from the Prague Liben neighborhood reports the case to Police Councilman Vacátko (...

Actors : No-shik Park, Ji-hie Choi,
Directors : Tae-ho Seol,

Witnessing a car accident, Yong-pal takes the injured driver to a nearby hospital, but the victim's shoes get left behind in Yong-pal's car. Inside the shoes are smuggled gems. Gangsters ...

Actors : Sung-il Shin, Jeong-im Nam,
Directors : Woo-yeol Jeon,

Sang-hyeon is accused of murder and smuggling by his former teacher who is now a police investigator.