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Subgenre Sampler

 
Sweeney, The (TV Series)Sweeney, The (TV Series) (1976)
Dir. David Wickes, Tom Clegg
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman
Before THE PROFESSIONALS and MINDER came the ground–breaking Brit cop show starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman. A highly influential action…
Victory at EntebbeVictory at Entebbe (1976)
Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Burt Lancaster
A made–for–television film first broadcast on ABC, depicting the raid on Entebbe Airport in Uganda and the freeing of Israeli hostages…
Web of Death, TheWeb of Death, The ( Wu du tian luo) (1976) Recommended
Dir. Yuen Chor
Feat. Yang Chiang, Ching Li, Norman Chu
Shaw Brothers 'wu xia' at its ripest and most expressive, injecting a tale of ancient clan rivalry with great action, creative polish and bizarre…
Bite the BulletBite the Bullet (1975)
Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Gene Hackman, James Coburn
Gene Hackman and James Coburn are adversaries who contest a gruelling 700–mile horse race.
BranniganBrannigan (1975)
Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson
Effective late–career casting for Wayne, playing a Chicago cop who pursues a criminal across the Atlantic to London. Although featuring a…
Breakheart PassBreakheart Pass (1975)
Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna
Charles Bronson plays a prisoner being transported on a train with a small U.S. army unit and medical supplies through the Rocky mountains. The…
BreakoutBreakout (1975)
Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland
Action–adventure vehicle for Charles Bronson, giving the furrow–browed actor a more lighthearted role as a bush pilot who is hired for…
Conduct UnbecomingConduct Unbecoming (1975)
Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard
Well–made, though somewhat old–fashioned version of Barry England's play about misbehaviour among the British Army in India. The stars…
Count of Monte Cristo, The Count of Monte Cristo, The (1975)
Dir. David Greene
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Trevor Howard, Tony Curtis
This made for television retelling of Alexandre Dumas' timeless tale of epic revenge is a highly watchable, though dated effort, with Chamberlain…
EarthquakeEarthquake (1975)
Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene
The earth moves for Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Green, Richard Roundtree, Genevieve Bujold and the rest of LA in this 70s Disaster opus. Good…

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