Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2195 Films to Buy & Rent
Man Called Sledge, A (1970)
- Dir. Vic Morrow
Feat. James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Laura Antonelli…
- Spaghetti western with James Garner slumming it in the role of a grimy villain who connives his way into a prison intending to steal a large shipment…
McKenzie Break, The (Escape) (1970)
- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry
- Mostly engrossing, and certainly unusual and authentic, this is a WWII POW escape yarn with a difference – here, it's Germans attempting to…
Pippi In The South Seas (Pippi Longstocking III) (1970)
- Dir. Olle Hellbom
Feat. Inger Nilsson, Pär Sundberg, Maria Persson
- Sea faring shenanigans with Pippi in search of her father kidnapped by fiendish pirates.
Pleasant whimsy populated with unlikely sequences strung…
Pippi Longstocking (1970)
- Dir. Olle Hellbom
Feat. Maria Persson, Inger Nilsson, Pär Sundberg
- Classic kids adventure in this, Pippi's first feature–length film. Here the troublesome redhead moves into an abandoned house with her monkey…
Pippi On The Run (Pippi Longstocking IV) (1970)
- Dir. Olle Hellbom
Feat. Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg
- Fourth and final outing for the popular preteen heroine with this time the freckled star accompanying two runaways on their journey.
There's a…
Too Late The Hero (Suicide Run) (1970)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen…
- An impressive WW2 actioner from one of the experts, dir. Aldrich (ATTACK) investing a dangerous mission in the Pacific with a certain moral…
Twelve Gold Medallions, The (Shi er jin pai) (1970)
- Dir. Cheng Kang
Feat. Yue Hua
- A Shaw Brothers "wuxia" film starring Yueh Hua as an emperor loyalist trying to prevent a message enscribed on twelve gold medallions delivered by…
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Shirley Maclaine
- Mexican–set western adventure following a mysterious nun pursued by the French Army who begins a mutually beneficial relationship with a…
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (Zatoichi 20) (1970)
- Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune
- An enjoyable spin on the Japanese samurai genre, depicts a comedic rivalry between Katsu and Mifune in a secluded mountain village. Although lacking…
Zatoichi: Festival of Fire (Zatoichi 21) (1970)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai
- One of the strongest of the later films in the 25–strong Zatoichi cycle (this is 21), with the blind masseur with the cane sword getting into…