Best Cop movies of 1970s

Actors : Franco Fabrizi, Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Massimo Dallamano,

Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.

Actors : Stephen Lewis, Reg Varney, Michael Robbins, Doris Hare,
Directors : Bryan Izzard,

Stan and Jack seek work at a bus driving holiday camp after being fired from the bus company for crashing two buses, only to find Inspector Blake works there also.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva,

Arizona cop is sent to Switzerland to bring in the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster so she can testify against him. The mobster sends someone too - assassins.

Actors : Rekha, Kader Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajit,
Directors : Rakesh Kumar,

Natwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister criminal mastermind Vikram (Amjad Khan). When ...

Actors : Renzo Palmer, Fabio Testi, Orso Maria Guerrini, Vincent Gardenia,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.

Actors : Patrick Dewaere, Lino Ventura, Julien Guiomar, Victor Lanoux,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit...

Actors : Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas,
Directors : Sidney Poitier,

Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on the both of them to put them ...

Actors : Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Franco Nero, Claudio Gora,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

One of the first films about the mafia occurrence, in which the fight is hopeless, because "the polyp's feeler" reaches everything and everybody. A police inspector and a deputy public ...

Actors : Ray Lovelock, Marc Porel, Franco Citti, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy whom are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops whom thrive on living dangerously.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Gene Hackman, Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black,
Directors : Bill Norton,

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 keys of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

Actors : David Niven, Timothy West, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Reynolds,

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Gheorghe Dinica, Alexandru Dobrescu,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Set in post war Romania, a communist who was tortured by the fascists during the war is now a police detective and sets about clearing his city of gangsters and black marketeers.

Actors : Milos Kopecký, Rudolf Hrusínský, Václav Lohniský, Michal Docolomanský,
Directors : Oldrich Lipský,

When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing ...

Actors : Shirley Washington, Trina Parks, Edna Richardson, Bettye Sweet,
Directors : William Witney,

Syreena must investigate the disappearance of her mother, Cinderella. A series of wild complications follow.

Actors : Michel Constantin, Lino Ventura, Paul Crauchet, Marlène Jobert,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas...

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Giampiero Albertini, Arthur Kennedy, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Yayoi Watanabe, Reisen Ri, Mikio Narita,
Directors : Shun'ya Itô,

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt, Robert Shaw, Jon Voight,
Directors : Maximilian Schell,

While investigating a high-profile murder case, a savvy but unorthodox veteran police inspector has to cope with a bad conscience, bad health, an overzealous partner, a timid superior and ...

Actors : Catherine Alric, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Philippe de Broca,

Romance in the prime of life. When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's ...

Actors : Yumi Kanei, Hiroshi Tsukata, Masakazu Tamura, Meiko Kaji,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

Once again on the lam, Matsu is helped by a strip club worker who holds a grudge against the detective who's trying to find her.