Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Across 110th Street (1972)
- Dir. Barry Shear
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa
- Three black youths steal from the mob, urging Anthony Quinn to prevent an explosion of ethnic unrest. A brutal excursion through the streets of 70s…
Adventurer, The (TV Series) (1972)
- Feat. Gene Barry, Catherine Schell, Barry Morse…
- Cult favourite crime series sees Barry as a government agent posing as a Hollywood star as he travels the globe in search of danger and intrigue. At…
All Men are Brothers (Sui woo juen) (1972)
- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Ti Lung, Danny Lee
- Slathered with great fight scenes, this Shaw Brothers sequel to THE WATER MARGIN ups the ante considerably, with the band of Outlaw warriors…
Bad Company (1972)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, John Savage
- A crafted, deliberately unromantic western which follows a young Jeff Bridges’ flight to escape from army recruiters into an 1863 West…
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Barbara Hershey, David Carradine
- Dir. Scorsese's first 'for hire' effort, constructing an atmospheric and reasonably sturdy period gangster film, set in the Depression. Produced by…
Bronson Box Set (Murphy's Law; 10 to Midnight; Messenger of Death; The Mechanic; Mr. Majestyk) (1972-1988)
- Feat. Charles Bronson
- Five of hardman Charles Bronson's best action flicks of the 1970s and 1980s in a box–set.
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
- Dir. Shunya Ito
Feat. Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Kayuko Shiraishi
- A classic of Japanese 70s exploitation cinema, this charts the grim road to freedom for a gaggle of women escaped–convicts with a feverish…
Fist of Fury (1972)
- Dir. Lo Wei
Feat. Bruce Lee
- Lots of slow–motion violence and laughs as Bruce Lee avenges a rival Kung–Fu school for the murder of his teacher in 1900's Shanghai.
Getaway, The (1972)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw
- Husband–and–wife crime team Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw have a nightmare of a time escaping to Mexico after a botched bank robbery. …
Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, The (1972)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Robert Duvall, Cliff Robertson
- Hard–edged Western tells the story of the fading Jesse James gang and their most daring and ill–fated bank raid.
Duvall and Robertson…