Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Suspense/Crime: 438 Films to Buy & Rent
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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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…
Villain (1971)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport…
- Violent London gangster movie released on the tail of Performance and Get Carter, but not as well received as either. Surprisingly, written by sitcom…
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
- Dir. Etienne Périer
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley…
- Expert hokum from the pen of Alistair Maclean has Anthony Hopkins as a secret agent on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that…
Callan (TV Series) (1970)
- Dir. James Goddard, Voytek
Feat. Edward Woodward
- The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
Cold Sweat (De La Part Des Copains) (1970)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason
- Tight Charles Bronson vehicle see the tough guy play a retired convict who lives with his wife and daughter in the idyllic French Rivera, until some…
Conformist, The (Conformista, Il) (1970)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin…
- Dazzling images and a potent brew of sex and politics merge seamlessly in this milestone of cinema about a submissive Italian Fascist recruited to…
Eyewitness (1970)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George
- A “boy who cried wolf” suspenser, centred on an imaginative youngster whose placid existence on the island of Malta is shaken when he witnesses…
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Majors…
- The final film by William Wyler, depicting racial tensions in a fictional Tennessee town, where a successful African–american businessman…
Man Who Haunted Himself, The (1970)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore
- In one of his rare serious roles, Roger Moore plays the survivor of a car crash who discovers his doppelganger has been released into the…