Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2164 Films to Rent
Night of the Generals, The (1967)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay…
- WWII crime thriller concerning the prolonged investigation of the murder of a Polish prostitute and German agent that implicates three generals, and…
One Armed Swordsman (Dubei dao) (1967)
- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. Yu Wang
- Jimmy Wu Yang predates his one–armed boxer classic MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE as a disabled swordsman training in the art of…
St. Valentines Day Massacre (1967)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., George Segal, Ralph Meeker…
- A great, trigger–happy actioner from cult film–maker Corman, based on events that led to the murder of many of Chicago's underworld,…
You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Tetsuro Tamba
- The fifth Bond film starring Sean Connery as the agent supreme. A space flight is hijacked by sinister crime organisation Spectre, bringing the world…
Zatoichi: The Outlaw (Zatoichi 16) (1967)
- Dir. Satsuo Yamamoto
Feat. Shintaro Katsu
- A middle–installment in the longrunning Zatoichi series, sees the wandering masseur become embroiled in a violent plot involving two rival…
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. William Holden, Richard Widmark
- Set during the American Civil War, this violent western concerns a running feud between the leads over cattle–rustling activities.
Appaloosa, The (Southwest to Senora) (1966)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon…
- Minor, though well–crafted and photographed Western set around Brando's attempts to recover his prized horse from a Mexican bandit (Saxon).
Blue Max, The (1966)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. George Peppard, Anton Diffring, James Mason…
- Impressively staged, this WW1 actioner concerns the career of ace German combat pilot Bruno Stachel (Peppard). Although the human drama is fairly…
Chase, The (1966)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda…
- Action–packed Southern potboiler set around the attempts of a sheriff to protect an escaped convict from mob–justice in smalltown…
Daimajin: Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
- Dir. Kazuo Mori
Feat. Masahide Iizuka, Hideki Ninomiya, Shinji Hori
- One in a series of Japanese films about the great demon god Daimajin, who repeatedly comes to the aid of villagers when tyrannical warlords threaten…