Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Last Valley, The (1971)
- Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Brian Blessed
- Epically framed, though a little ponderous, this action vehicle for Michael Caine is set in the final decade of the 17th century 'Thirty Years War'.…
Le Mans (1971)
- Dir. Lee H. Katzin
Feat. Steve McQueen
- A motor–racing action film that has attracted a considerable cult, in part based on star Steve McQueen himself laying rubber in most of the…
Man in the Wilderness, The (w/ The Deadly Trackers) (1971)
- Dir. Richard Serafian
Feat. Richard Harris, John Huston, Percy Herbert…
- Double Bill Western starring Richard Harris.
THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS is based on the same source material that inspired the Oscar–winning…
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
- Dir. Al Viola
Feat. John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Dudley Sutton…
- Worthy version of NZ–er Graham Billing's classic novel about an immature young scientist who volunteers for a season observing penguin…
Murphy's War (1971)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret
- Shipwrecked off the coast of Venezuala by a U–Boat near the end of WWII, Peter O'Toole decides to recuperate a derelict seaplane and mount a…
Organization, The (1971)
- Dir. Don Medford
Feat. Sidney Poitier
- Poitier takes on heroin traffickers in an adept second sequel to IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
Raid on Rommel (1971)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Richard Burton, John Colicos, Wolfgang Preiss
- In 1942 Libya, a German–speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret…
Red Sun (1971)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune…
- Exotic western with samurai elements that boasts an international cast. The plot involves a munhunt to retrieve a ceremonial Japanese sword from a…
Romance of a Horse Thief (1971)
- Dir. Abraham Polonsky
Feat. Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin…
- Curious picaresque features Yul Brynner as the ruler of a small Polish community. When he commandeers the town's horses a small band of rebels led by…
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
- Dir. Edwin Sherin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Frank Silvera…
- An underrated late Western, with Lancaster playing a down–heels Mexican sherriff who takes a dangerous stand on principle against a powerful…