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Shaft
1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks
Deewaar
Deewaar ( The Wall) is a 1975 Indian action crime film directed by Yash Chopra, from a story by Salim–Javed. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, and Amitabh Bachchan alongside an ensemble cast of Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi, Iftekhar, Madan Puri, Satyen Kappu and Manmohan Krishna. The music was composed by R. D. Burman, while cinematography and editing were handled by Kay Gee Koregaonkar and T. R. Mangeshkar-Pran Mehra. In the film, two impoverished brothers struggle to survive in the slums of Mumbai and eventually find themselves on opposing sides of the law. The film's title signifies th
Don
1978 film directed by Chandra Barot
Cop or Hood
1979 film by Georges Lautner
Fear Over the City
1975 film by Henri Verneuil
The Burglars
1971 film by Henri Verneuil
McQ
McQ is a 1974 American Panavision neo-noir crime action film directed by John Sturges and starring John Wayne. It costars Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, and Al Lettieri, and features Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Julian Christopher (credited as Jim Watkins), Roger E. Mosley, and William Bryant in supporting roles. The film was shot in Washington, making extensive use of locations in Seattle and with a sequence near the end filmed on the Pacific Coast in Moclips, Washington.
Zanjeer
1973 film by Prakash Mehra
Shaft's Big Score
1972 film by Gordon Parks
Shaft in Africa
1973 film by John Guillermin
Love and Bullets
1979 film by Stuart Rosenberg and John Huston
Property of the Republic
1972 film by Vladimir Bychkov
L'Alpagueur
'''''L'Alpagueur (aka The Hunter Will Get You''') is a film written and directed by Philippe Labro and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo in the title role and Bruno Cremer as L'Epervier''.
Prime Cut
1972 film by Michael Ritchie
The Seven-Ups
1973 film by Philip D'Antoni
Street People
1976 film directed by Maurizio Lucidi
Across 110th Street
1972 film by Barry Shear
The Last Run
1971 film by Richard Fleischer and John Huston
The Great Gambler
1979 film by Shakti Samanta
Freebie and the Bean
1974 film by Richard Rush
Detective
1979 film by Vladimir Fokin
Electra Glide in Blue
1973 film by James William Guercio
Johny Mera Naam
1970 film by Vijay Anand
Maula Jatt
1979 film
Fakira
Fakira is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language crime action film produced by N.N. Sippy and directed by C.P. Dixit. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Asit Sen, Ramesh Deo and Madan Puri. The music is by Ravindra Jain. The film became a box office hit and emerged as the 6th highest grossing film of the year. The film's team of producer (N.N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) had teamed together before for the box office hit Chor Machaye Shor (1974). Fakira was later remade into the Telugu
Hell Up in Harlem
1973 film by Larry Cohen
Street Law
1974 film directed by Enzo G. Castellari
Dharmatma
Dharmatma () is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language thriller film produced and directed by Feroz Khan. The cast includes Khan, Hema Malini, Rekha, Premnath, Imtiaz Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Farida Jalal, Ranjeet, Helen, Madan Puri, Jeevan, Iftekhar, Dara Singh, Satyen Kappu and Sudhir. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji.
Emergency Squad
1974 film by Stelvio Massi
Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1972 film by Shunya Itō
The Summertime Killer
1972 film by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Shoot First, Die Later
1974 film by Fernando Di Leo
Gorugo 13
1973 Iranian-Japanese film by Junya Satō
Amanush
1975 Indian film directed by Shakti Samanta
Truck Turner
1974 film by Jonathan Kaplan
Mitchell
1975 film by Andrew V. McLaglen
A Piece of the Action
1977 film by Sidney Poitier
Let's Do It Again
1975 film by Sidney Poitier
Hit!
Hit! is a 1973 American action thriller film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor. It is about a federal agent trying to destroy a drug zone after his daughter dies from a heroin overdose.
A Dangerous Toy
1979 film by Giuliano Montaldo
Three Tough Guys
1974 film by Duccio Tessari
Order to Kill
1975 film by José Gutiérrez Maesso
The Left Hand of the Law
1975 film by Giuseppe Rosati
Uptown Saturday Night
1974 film by Sidney Poitier
Tough to Kill
1979 film by Joe D'Amato
Barood
1976 Hindi film directed by Pramod Chakravorty
Black Eye
1974 film by Jack Arnold
Blood, Sweat and Fear
1975 film by Stelvio Massi
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
1976 film by Umberto Lenzi
Kuchhe Dhaage
1973 film by Raj Khosla
The Girl from Hong Kong
1973 film by Jürgen Roland
Mister Scarface
1976 film by Fernando Di Leo
Target
1979 film by Guido Zurli
Double Game
1977 film by Carlo Ausino
The Farmer
1977 film
Big Bad Mama
1974 film by Steve Carver
Mark Shoots First
1975 film by Stelvio Massi