Best Robbery movies of 1970s

Actors : Telly Savalas, Mark Lester, Franco Nero, Ely Galleani,
Directors : Silvio Narizzano,

Sadism and sleaze dominate this fast-paced film about the getaway aftermath of a heist-gone-wrong-turned-kidnapping.

Actors : Ernesto Colli, Brigitte Petronio, Annamaria Clementi, Maxmilian Vhener,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

Two amateur armed robbers steal $5,000 from NY's red light district, only to discover it was an intended protection payment to the mob. With Mafia hit men after them they seek shelter in a sleazy sex shop.

Actors : David Chiang, Kuan Tai Chen, Danny Lee, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

A town is taken over by a brutal gang, which has taken a safe in a robbery of another town and needs to find someone who can open it for them. They terrorize the townsfolk, beating up and ...

Actors : Paula Kelly, Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

An ex-convict priest and a framed former policeman hunt a machine-gun killer behind a bank robbery.

Actors : Ian McShane, Stephen Greif, Warren Clarke, Christopher Malcolm,
Directors : Francis Megahy,

A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Dirch Passer, Tove Maës, Klaus Pagh,
Directors : Henning Ørnbak,

Charming con-man Viffer and his partner Rikard have placed the millions from a heist in a Swiss bank account. But now Rikard has died, but thankfully only after tattooing the account number...

Actors : Stuart Whitman, Stella Stevens, George DiCenzo, Lynne Moody,
Directors : Noel Nosseck,

In Las Vegas, Lucky and two of her girlfriends, Carol and Lisa, plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Casino. A shadowy man is their contact ...

Actors : D'Urville Martin, Tony Ferrer, Fred Williamson, Leila Hermosa,
Directors : Efren C. Piñon,

Five friends get together and decide to plan an operation to rob a bank. The main difference between this and other bank-robbing gangs, however, is that all five men are blind.

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Max Julien, George Murdock, Glynn Turman,
Directors : Gordon Parks Jr.,

A rare blaxploitation classic starring Vonette McGee & Max Julien, Thomasine & Bushrod was intended as a counterpart to Bonnie and Clyde. This pair of thieves, who operate in the American ...

Actors : Elliott Gould, Harry Guardino, Eddie Albert, Godfrey Cambridge,
Directors : Ted Post,

A private applies to be a test subject for the military's new chemical weapons program. After many tests he decides to use his knowledge on chemical warfare to rob banks. He will need a partner, though.

Actors : Jeff Blynn, Leonard Mann, Henry Silva, Ida Galli,
Directors : Mario Caiano,

Fast paced Italian crime movie with the various action scenes revolving around bank robberies, street violence, car chases, cops verses the underworld at its greatest. If you have ever been...

Actors : Ursula Andress, Sylvia Kristel, Monica Vitti, Laura Antonelli,
Directors : Luigi Zampa,

An Italian comedy about a heist involving a princess's necklace, and a cast of character's who are not what they seem. They do about anything they can to get the necklace from each other.

Actors : France Nuyen, John Vernon, Diana Muldaur, George Peppard,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

After taking the fall for a train robbery, Harker Flet is released from prison and exacts revenge on his former partners who cheated him out of his share.

Actors : Bo Svenson, Phillip R. Allen, Cybill Shepherd, Mel Scott,
Directors : Paul Wendkos,

A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes ...

Actors : Franciszek Trzeciak, Lucyna Winnicka, Anna Nieborowska, Irena Ladosiówna,
Directors : Grzegorz Królikiewicz,

Based on a pre-war murder case of the Malisz couple. They end up committing a petty robbery and a sordid murder. He is an illustrator who is not used by a climbing architect. His folks ...

Actors : Mario Carotenuto, Gastone Moschin, Ray Lovelock, Tomas Milian,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

A cop is consumed with the desire to get revenge on the crook who shot his wife to death during a robbery. The crook in question is Marseilles who is trying to assemble funds for his own retirement.

Actors : Donna Mills, Robyn Millan, Robert Conrad, Don Stroud,
Directors : Marvin J. Chomsky,

Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called the "Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th ...

Actors : René Caron, Sophie Carrière, Suzanne Valéry, Marcel Sabourin,
Directors : Denys Arcand,

A robbery at the secluded country home of a wealthy old man goes horribly awry.

Actors : Edward Albert, Lee Van Cleef, Lionel Stander, Karen Black,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.

Actors : Eiko Nagashima, Silvia Aguilar, Lautaro Murúa, Paul Naschy,
Directors : Paul Naschy,

A hit man working for the Yakuza double crosses his employers and flees with a cache of diamonds from the latest heist. Injured and hiding in the mountain regions of Spain, with Japanese ...