Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2199 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Joe Kidd (1972)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon…
- An amoral Clint Eastwood gets involved in a range fued between land baron Robert Duvall and Mexican settlers. Despite a screenplay by Elmore Leonard,…
Junior Bonner (1972)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino…
- Rodeo–rider Steve McQueen is on the end of a losing streak when he revisits his hometown, and a last chance at a new life. Filled with amiable…
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner…
- Huston's surreal Western stars Paul Newman as Roy Bean, the eccentric hanging 'judge' of American folklore.
Lone Wolf & Cub - Complete Boxset (1972-1981)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Fumio Watanabe…
- Boxset of all six 'Lone Wolf & Club' installments plus the re–cut/re–dubbed feature film, SHOGUN ASSASSIN.