Best Prison movies of 1970s

Actors : Thanos Grammenos, Vangelis Kazan, Kostas Pavlou, Giorgos Kyritsis,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

It is 1936 in Greece, shortly before the Metaxas' dictatorship. A former drug trafficker and police informer, Sofianos, is in prison because of the assassination of a trade unionist during ...

Actors : Antonio Iranzo, Alberto Dalbés, Claudio Undari, Emma Cohen,
Directors : Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent,

A wagon load of convicts on their way to prison is being escorted through the mountains by a cavalry troop. They are attacked by a bandit gang, and only a sergeant, his beautiful young ...

Actors : Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins, John Marley, James Garner,

In the Old West, a gunfighting outlaw connives his way into a prison in hopes of getting his hands on a large shipment of gold stored there.

Actors : Renzo Palmer, John Saxon, Tomas Milian, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Luigi Maietto (Chinaman) escapes from prison he then orders two henchman to murder the inspector whose testimonal led to his being jailed. Inspector Tanzi is left for dead but lives. The ...

Actors : Strother Martin, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, James Stewart,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

In 1935, after 40 years in a West Virginia prison, three released convicts wish to open a legitimate business using the 25 thousand dollars earned in jail but a crooked prison guard in cahoots with the town banker plan to defraud them.

Actors : Erna Schurer, John Steiner, Sara Sperati, Lina Polito,
Directors : Rino Di Silvestro,

Young women in Nazi-occupied countries are packed onto a train and shipped off to a prison camp, where the sadistic commandant uses them as rewards for his lesbian guards and perverted and deviate troops.

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Wolfgang Preiss, Florinda Bolkan, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.

Actors : David Hayman, Sean Scanlan, Alex Norton, Jake D'Arcy,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.

Actors : Philip Kenneally, John Dullaghan, John Dennis, Duncan McLeod,
Directors : John Hayes,

Convicts on a chain gang sniff experimental formaldehyde fumes to get high. They attempt a prison break, are shot down by the guards and buried in the prison garden. Soon, they rise from ...

Actors : Anthony Steffen, Cintia Lodetti, Cristina Lay, Ajita Wilson,
Directors : Edoardo Mulargia,

A women's prison camp is located deep in the tropical rain forest. Sadistic guards and a warden from hell make life almost unbearable for the inmates, and any infraction of the rules is ...

Actors : John Savage, Ann Sothern, Luana Anders, Ruth Roman,
Directors : Curtis Harrington,

Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem...

Actors : Miki Sugimoto, Masami Sôda, Chiyoko Kazama, Reiko Ike,
Directors : Atsushi Mihori,

After her father is exploited and killed by a yakuza gang, a tough woman, fresh out of prison, exacts her revenge over said gang with the help of three girls she met in prison.

Actors : Paula Prentiss, Peter Boyle, Rip Torn, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Carlo Lizzani,

The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare, R.G. Armstrong, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Cliff Robertson,

After losing 9 years 9 months and thirteen days to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60's. Determined to make up for the lost '...

Actors : Güven Sengil, Yildirim Önal, Yilmaz Güney, Ramazan Akboga,

The Poor Ones tells the semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. These three friends do not want to get out when they are...

Actors : Rumi Aiki, Mitsuko Aoi, Noboru Andô, Hideyo Amamoto,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, a gangster gets released early - only to find that his ex-gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, bloodshed is bound to begin anew.

Actors : Jess Hahn, Ambroise Bia, Philippe Nicaud, Omar Sharif,

A group of escaped prisoners, traveling in a hot air balloon, have to land on a remote islands and must try to survive there. They encounter a castaway, pirates, and captain Nemo with his ...

Actors : Reatha Grey, Stan Kamber, Marlo Monte, Tiffany Peters,
Directors : Jamaa Fanaka,

A proud black man does time in jail where he is subjected to heinous experiments. Once released, he goes about extracting vengeance on those who put him in prison. This includes both ...

Actors : Martin Balsam, Paola Pitagora, Terence Hill, Adalberto Maria Merli,
Directors : Eriprando Visconti,

Luisa Latin, betrayed by her husband, is imprisoned for the murder of her husband's mistress - who is still alive. When Luisa is released from prison, she kills her.

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Luana Anders, Keenan Wynn,
Directors : Yabo Yablonsky,

An insane Hollywood makeup man kidnaps a woman, keeps her prisoner in his warehouse full of props.