Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Kojak Collection, The (The Marcus-Nelson Murders, The Belarus File, The Price of Justice) (1973-1987)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent, Robert Markowitz, Alan Metzger
Feat. Telly Savalas, Marjoe Gortner, Jose Ferrer…
- Telly Savalas stars as the tough but witty sleuth who became a small screen icon in the 1970's. This set features the three feature–length TV…
Laughing Policeman, The (1973)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Anthony Zerbe
- Police procedural loosely based on the Swedish novel of the same name, set in the aftermath of a horrific shootout on a public bus.
A detective…
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…
Long Goodbye, The (1973)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt
- Elliot Gould portrays a '70s Philip Marlowe, a wildly unkempt version of Chandler's legendary detective. Altman's film noir pastiche is equally…
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…
Nothing But the Night (The Resurrection Syndicate) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Diana Dors…
- Lee and Cushing are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate a fatal bus crash and how it relates to the going–ons at a creepy orphanage.…
Revolver (Blood in the Streets) (1973)
- Dir. Sergio Sollima
Feat. Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi
- Equal turns punchy and preposterous, this 'spaghetti crime thriller' involves a prison warden (Reed) who is drawn into an intricate web of deceit…
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…
Seven-Ups, The (1973)
- Dir. Philip D' Antoni
Feat. Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Victor Arnold…
- Underrated action flick with Roy Scheider on as a tough NYC cop on the trail of his partner's killers. Salty thriller has atmosphere to spare and…
Shock Treatment (Traitement de Choc) (1973)
- Dir. Alain Jessua
Feat. Alain Delon, Annie Girardot
- Pointed medical chiller set in an anti–aging clinic overseen by Delon. This minor genre film is memorable for Girardot and Delon's risque beach…