Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Gauntlet, The (1977)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke
- Lean tale of survival against the odds, with Clint playing a washed–up cop assigned to escort a Las Vegas call–girl (Locke) to a trial in…
Golden Rendezvous (1977)
- Dir. Ashley Lazarus
Feat. Richard Harris, John Vernon, Gordon Jackson…
- Richard Harris dodges bullets in this daffy thriller about a luxury cruise liner held to ransom by terrorists. This early UNDER SIEGE provided plenty…
Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment (1977)
- Dir. Yukio Noda
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- Sonny Chiba oozes masculine cool as the titular hitman of Takao Saito's best–selling manga. A hard–boiled exploitation noir which doesn't…
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Barry Cahill
- Petrolhead debut in the directing seat for Ron Howard (who also stars) is a car–chase special involving a young runaway couple in the crunching…
Last Remake of Beau Geste, The (1977)
- Dir. Marty Feldman
Feat. Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret…
- Marty Feldman directs and co–writes this star–studded satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequently–filmed story of…
MacArthur (1977)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Gregory Peck
- A well–mounted political biography of the WW2 General during the Pacific wars.
Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977)
- Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Maurizio Merli, John Steiner
- One of the last belated gasps of the 'spaghetti western' genre, with the handsome Merli playing a bounty hunter whose special talent is with the…
Mighty Peking Man, The (Hsing Hsing wang) (1977)
- Dir. Meng-Hwa Ho
Feat. Danny Lee
- A hilarious Shaw Brothers riff on KING KONG, with an earthquake disturbing the slumbers of a giant ape in the Himalayas who then heads into India to…
Orca (The Killer Whale) (1977)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Bo Derek…
- A killer whale goes feral after its pregnant mate is slayed by grizzly fisherman Richard Harris in this largely maligned JAWS spinoff from the dir.…
Professionals, The (TV Series) (1977-1983)
- Dir. William Brayne
Feat. Lewis Collins, Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson
- CI5 hard–men Bodie and Doyle shoot first and then ask no questions in their dirty (but necessary) line of work. A seminal TV Series of the…