Subgenre Sampler
Spy: 298 Films to Buy & Rent
Le Magnifique (1973)
- Dir. Philippe de Broca
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli
- Jean–Paul Belmondo stars in this slapstick spoof of B–movie espionage films and novels, playing a frustrated writer working in this genre…
Live and Let Die (1973)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto
- Roger Moore succeeds Sean Connery in the role of 007, with exotic elements "borrowed" from the blaxploitation craze of the time.
The superagent…
Mackintosh Man, The (1973)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason
- Old–fashioned cold war thriller with Paul Newman playing a British intelligence agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a spy organisation. A…
Scorpio (1973)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield…
- Burt Lancaster plays the CIA agent in this solid suspense yarn set at the height of the Cold War. Plotwise this is a little overcomplicated, but…
Six Million Dollar Man, The (TV Series) (1973-1978)
- Feat. Lee Majors
- As the quintessential TV action figure of 70s, Steve Austin, Lee Majors was the coolest guy on the planet. The show ran for eight years until…
Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe / Return of the Tall Blond Man (1973)
- Dir. Yves Robert
Feat. Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort
- A secret service chief arranges for his assistant to investigate an innocent person chosen at random in order to prove him inept.
A little dated…
That Man Bolt (1973)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich, Henry Levin
Feat. Fred Williamson, Byron Webster, Miko Mayama…
- Colourful action film blending blaxploitation, martial arts, and spy influences, with Fred Williamson (HELL UP IN HARLEM) starring as a karate sex…
Salzburg Connection, The (Top Secret) (1972)
- Dir. Lee H. Katzin
Feat. Barry Newman, Anna Karina, Klaus Maria Brandauer…
- Entertaining espionage tale has Newman tangling with neo–Nazis and spies both in pursuit of the identity of German war criminals. Densely…
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray
- A slightly jaded Sean Connery returns as Agent 007, on the trail of a powerful diamond smuggling syndicate. Bond is joined by Tiffany Case as he…
Jason King (TV Series) (1971-1972)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Wyngarde
- Spinoff series from DEPARTMENT S, following the flamboyant titular writer (Wyngarde) on further secret agent–international playboy adventures.…