Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Firechasers, The (1971)
- Dir. Sidney Hayers
Feat. Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer, Roy Kinnear…
- Brit–crime flick has an insurance investigator chasing down an arsonist, along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter…
Get Carter (1971)
- Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Michael Caine
- A small–time London hood takes on tough Northerners while investigating his brother's death. Exciting, violent thriller shows off the once…
Grissom Gang, The (1971)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante…
- Crime noir set in Missouri during the Depression, following the kidnapping of a priviledged meat heiress by notorious amateur hoodlums the Grissom…
Hustler Squad / Wild Riders (1971-1976)
- Dir. Cesar Gallardo, Richard Kanter
Feat. Alex Rocco, Elizabeth Knowles, Sherry Bain…
- A double feature of 70s drive–in "classics".
WILD RIDERS (1971) has Alex Rocco playing a misogynistic biker who goes on a sleazy killing…
Klute (1971)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi…
- A genuine psychological thriller that won Jane Fonda an Oscar for her brilliant portrayal of a New York call–girl who is the focus of a missing…
Madame Sin (1971)
- Dir. David Greene
Feat. Bette Davis, Denholm Elliott, Robert Wagner…
- Criminal mastermind Bette Davis casts her heavily mascaraed eye on nuclear submarines and the like. A cheesy pleasure.
Max and the Junkmen (Max Et Les Ferrailleurs) (1971)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Romy Schneider
- French crime drama set in the noir shaded streets of Paris follows a frustrated detective getting tangled up in a love triangle after commissioning a…
Persuaders, The (TV Series) (Persuaders!, The) (1971)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore, Tony Curtis
- Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny.
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Play Misty for Me (1971)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills…
- The film that inspired FATAL ATTRACTION stars Clint Eastwood as a late night radio talkhost whose female fan goes way over the line.
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
- Dir. Giuliano Montaldo
Feat. Gian Maria Volonte, Cyril Cusack, Geoffrey Keen
- Based on the true story of the trial and execution of Italian–American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, widely considered to be…