Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 482 Films to Buy & Rent
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sean Connery, Michael Caine
- Conmen Sean Connery and Michael Caine have grand old–fashioned adventures in remote India.
Passenger, The (1975)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider
- Jack Nicholson stars in this slow but absorbing parable about a dissatisfied TV journalist on location in Africa, who exchanges his identity with a…
Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Sean Connery, Candice Bergen
- Connery plays a Moroccan sheik who kidnaps American Bergin, angering the US government. Old fashioned epic based loosely on fact.
Castaway Cowboy, The (1974)
- Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. James Garner, Vera Miles, Robert Culp
- Well–made Disney adventure yarn has Texas cowboy Garner land in troubled Hawaii in the 1850s. Here, he falls in with helping Miles drive cattle…
Gold (The Great Gold Conspiracy) (1974)
- Dir. Peter Hunt
Feat. Roger Moore, Susannah York, John Gielgud…
- A surprisingly tight, if strictly old–fashioned, thriller sees a top–form Roger Moore play the newly appointed manager of a South African…
Island at the Top of the World, The (1974)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin, Mako
- Four explorers on an expedition to the Arctic discover dangerous volcanos and a lost Viking race in this appealing Disney live–actioner. In the…
Zorro (1974)
- Dir. Luciano Martino
Feat. Alain Delon, Sir Stanley Baker
- Transposed from California to South America, the masked, sword–wielding hero (Alain Delon) maintains his reputation for exciting…
Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1973)
- Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker…
- Arabian Nightish saga with Tom Baker (Dr Who) as Sinbad's adversary. The swordplay of a six–armed statue is but one of the Harryhausen FX…
Papillon (1973)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman
- Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman escape French prison colony Devil's Island. Memorable drama.
Tom Sawyer (1973)
- Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Johnnie Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates…
- Award–winning musical version of Mark Twain's classic raggamuffin adventures. A youthful Jodie Foster appears as Tom's girlfriend.