Best Crime 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 : Elisa Montés, Barbara Rütting, Fred Williams, Horst Tappert,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A London slasher pack the suitcases of his victims before stabbing them to death in this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 'Secret of the Black Suitcases.'

Actors : Rika Aoki, Kazuko Nagamoto, Masami Souda, Michi Nono,
Directors : Kô Nakahira,

First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl crime gang.

Actors : Ewa Strömberg, Roberto Camardiel, Jack Taylor, Fred Williams,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Actors : Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Julian Christopher,
Directors : Barry Pollack,

Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to found a new bank.

Actors : Forrest Lorne, Ray Wray, Laurel Canyon, Candy Sweet,
Directors : Ray Williams,

Two girls are driving home when their car breaks down in the country. They are kidnapped by a gang of drug-crazed hippies, and repeatedly raped. They escape, but soon run into a death cult ...

Actors : Krista Nell, Erika Blanc, Farley Granger, Ivana Novak,
Directors : Renzo Russo,

Gonzales, a Spaniard living in Istanbul, reports the disappearance of La Rossa, a beautiful woman living with a mad painter, John Ward. Convinced that Ward has killed her, Gonzales sets out to trap him.

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Barry Newman, Karen Jensen, Anna Karina,
Directors : Lee H. Katzin,

A list of agents and collaborators, hidden by the Nazis in an Austrian lake in 1945, is sought after by various interested parties during the Cold War.

Actors : Lingfeng Shangguan, Lang-Fung Chang, Lenin Marlina, Deteso Tomo,
Directors : Sai King Yang,

When someone kills a woman's father and steals his sword, she sets off for revenge. She believes that Ghostly Face is the killer, but when she rescues a girl who was taken by raiders and ...

Actors : Prem Nath, Ratan Chopra, Jeevan, Tanuja,
Directors : Mohan Kumar,

Ravi, the only son of wealthy widower Rai Bahadur Gangaram, falls in love with fellow-collegian, Sheel, but is shocked to find that she is to be his future step-mother. His father decides ...

Actors : Irma Serrano, Eduardo Alcaraz, Rogelio Guerra, Tito Junco,
Directors : René Cardona Jr.,

La Martina arrives to a small conservative town, fascinating men and winding women up.

Actors : Vera Budilová, Eva Burkotová, Pavel Brabec, Viktorie Cermáková,
Directors : Josef Pinkava,

Teenager Petr doesn't get on very well with his strict father, and when his father sells his beloved female dog Irina, he feels very much alone. He therefore easily falls under the ...

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.

Actors : Frantisek Peterka, Karel Augusta, Karel Charvat, Josef Bulík,
Directors : Stanislav Cerny,

In the thick woods at the edge of the Bohemian Forest, two border guards are keeping watch - rifleman Kucera (Rudolf Jelínek) and dog handler Stencl (Josef Hajducík), whose sluggishness and...

Actors : Peter Ehrlich, Senta Berger, Margarethe von Trotta, Helmut Griem,
Directors : Volker Schlöndorff,

Ruth Halbfass has been married to the industrialist Erich Halbfass for sixteen years in a loveless marriage and they have a fourteen year-old teenage daughter, Aglaia. Ruth has a love ...

Actors : Lewis J. Stadlen, David Doyle, Russ Thacker, Brad Sullivan,
Directors : Robert J. Siegel,

An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...

Actors : Angelos Antonopoulos, Vasos Andronidis, Dinos Karidis, Elena Nathanail,
Directors : Erricos Andreou,

A rich and beautiful woman, Elena Chrysou, is seeking an adventure. She tries to meet with Thanos Vergis, a busy loner who is also a millionaire. He mistakes her for a call-girl, one of ...

Actors : Eun-a Ko, Mu-ryong Choi, Jeong-hun Kim, Ji-mee Kim,
Directors : Jang-ho Byeon,

Yeong-hun drowns his friend because he has been lusting after his wife, In-ae, for years. In-ae flees, but Yeong-hun tracks her down and spends the night with her. She escapes from him ...

Actors : Thelma Biral, Alfredo Alcón, José Slavin, China Zorrilla,
Directors : Leopoldo Torre Nilsson,

A thinly disguised account of the story of the Galiffi mafia family of Rosario, Argentina, their decadent loves and brutal crimes.

Actors : Ryôji Hayama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Kôji Nanbara,
Directors : Ryuichi Takamori,

One of Chiba's most enjoyable films.