Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Moonstone, The (1972)
- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Kathleen Byron, Robin Ellis, Basil Dignam…
- Atmospheric whodunit drama, based on the Wilkie Collins novel, which tells the tale of an investigation into the theft of a precious Indian jewel…
Night Stalker, The / Night Strangler, The (1972-1973)
- Dir. John Llewellyn Moxey, Dan Curtis
Feat. Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland…
- Two excellent and groundbreaking tele–movies from the early 70s starring Darren McGavin as wise–cracking 'regular guy' reporter Carl…
Prime Cut (1972)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek…
- Gritty underworld thriller set in the fields and meat–packhouses of Kansas, where mob enforcer Marvin is sent to collect money from local…
Pulp (1972)
- Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander…
- After completing the phenomenal GET CARTER Caine and dir. Hodges reteamed for this lightweight, yet highly watchable comedy thriller.
Caine plays…
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…
Savages (1972)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Sam Waterston, Lewis J. Stadlen, Anne Francine…
- Merchant Ivory's most unexpected film is an allegorical story of a primitive jungle tribe who are interrupted, mid human–sacrifice, by a…
Sleuth (1972)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier
- A supremely cunning, self–reflexive mystery satire based on the hit West End play, with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine as affable…
Snoop Sisters, The (TV Series) (1972)
- Feat. Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick
- Two elderly spinsters put down their mystery writing pens to catch perps for real in this dotty, genteel crime series. Starring former Miss Marple,…
Trouble Man (1972)
- Dir. Ivan Dixon
Feat. Ivan Dixon, Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield…
- Blaxploitation movie about a hard–edged but elegant private detective who wades into a drug war in South Central Los Angeles. A studio budget…
Van Der Valk (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- Feat. Barry Foster, Joanna Dunham, Michael Latimer…
- A hugely popular police procedural series starring Barry Foster as Van der Valk, a no–nonsense Dutch detective and head of the Amsterdam CID…