Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Randy Stafford, Keith Larsen, Ronald Taft, Kathryn Loder,
Directors : Keith Larsen,

A lecherous thief posing as a preacher is wandering in northern coastal Mexico. After stealing a car and evading police, he stumbles on a small coven of mysterious witches living in a ...

Actors : José Lewgoy, Gil Gomes, Marineide Vidal, Tião Ribas D'Avila,
Directors : Clery Cunha,

Story based on a true event. Shoe salesman arrives home and finds his wife and a young friend murdered. Crime reporter and insurance agent join forces to solve the mystery, taking a walk on the wild side of the city.

Actors : Trilok Kapoor, Tanuja, K.N. Singh, Dharmendra,
Directors : B. Padmanabham,

Bombay Police are baffled at a series of robberies being committed in homes of prominent people, with the thief leaving a "swastika", and stealing only one set of jewelery, instead of ...

Actors : Katerina Machácková, Ladislav Pesek, Bohus Záhorský, Martin Stepánek,
Directors : Vladimír Cech,

In the Prague Old Town and the adjoining streets there is always plenty of life. Housewives shop, beggars arouse sympathy, the Salvation Army tries to put the godless on the road to ...

Actors : Rastislav Jovic, Neda Arneric, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic,
Directors : Milorad Lakovic,

This movie is partly based on true events, when a group of dangerous international criminals try to rob the national theater in Belgrade.

Actors : Necla Nazir, Cüneyt Arkin, Pervin Par, Ekrem Bora,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

Murat runs a casino. He has promised his pregnant wife Nilgun that he would give up this business. Inspector Sahin is after Murat, but never has sufficient evidence against him. One day at ...

Actors : Pierre Robert, Allan Moyle, Peter Brawley, Stephen Lack,
Directors : Allan Moyle,

A communal drug family begins to dissolve from within while a University student watches and records it all.

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Kôji Tsuruta, Shin Saburi, Kô Nishimura,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

A supposedly true-to-life story of one of the biggest rightists - yakuza bosses in 1950s - '60s Japan.

Actors : Mel Welles, Sandy Alan, Leslie Ackerman, Len Lesser,

Teenage friends Cindy and Leah have decided to leave their abusive homelives behind, stealing Cindy's father's car and setting out on the road to freedom. On the way, they meet up with a ...

Actors : Hideo Kanze, Yôsuke Enomoto, Tatsumi Hijikata, Eiko Horii,
Directors : Kazuo Kuroki,

Murase is a bodyguard in a yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look. They decide to trade places with each other.

Actors : Ranjeet, Ashok Kumar, Prema Narayan, Mahendra Sandhu,
Directors : Shiv Kumar,

An escaped convict blows up a train just to extract vengeance against the CBI Inspector who arrested him.

Actors : Wakako Sakai, Bunta Sugawara, Mika Matsushita, Kin'ya Kitaôji,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

The film is a lighthearted story of four teenage girlfriends of various temperaments who escape from their parents for a few days in 1963 for an adventure in Myrtle Beach... See full synopsis »

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 : Liliana Komorowska, Halina Gryglaszewska, Barbara Brylska, Bronislaw Cieslak,
Directors : Roman Zaluski,

Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in his hand, has to figure out ...

Actors : Jess Hahn, Michel Constantin, Salvatore Adamo, Elisabeth Wiener,
Directors : Claude Bernard-Aubert,

Philippe, a student, is sent to jail for manhandling his father's business partner, who blackmailed the poor man and caused his death. He shares his cell with two mates: easily offended ...

Actors : Ahmed Rateb, Adel Imam, Salah Nazmi, Athar El-Hakim,
Directors : Mohamed Abdel Aziz,

Adel Gahrib is a widowed insurance sales man living alone with his young daughter Nuha, whom he dotes on. He falls in love with his new neighbor Safaa, and proposes to marry her. Just when ...

Actors : Kumud Chuggani, Rajendra Kumar, Mumtaz, Sujit Kumar,
Directors : Naresh Kumar,

Rai Bahadur Kishandas, due to his weakness for alcohol and women drives his wife and children out of the house. Suddenly, his fortune takes a turn and he is reduced to the state of a beggar...

Actors : Hsin Chin, Ping Fong, Ging Man Fung, Yun-Chuen Fung,
Directors : Kuo-Hsiang Lin,

Four international thieves disguised as wealthy tourists relax at a nightclub following their latest diamond heist, unaware of the police closing in on them. Ching, a hostess assigned to ...

Actors : Iraj Ghaderi, Manoochehr Vossoogh, Negin, Aram,
Directors : Iraj Ghaderi,

Four friends Zia, Morteza , Mohsen and Bagher steal from some place. Two of them escape with a bike and the other two with a car but Bagher betrays them shooting Mohsen and telling the ...

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.