Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
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 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, The ( Wu du tian luo) (1976)
- 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 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.
Brannigan (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 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…
Breakout (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 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 (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…
Earthquake (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…