TV Shows Or Movies With Strong Female Action Icons Before 1975.
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- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggHonor BlackmanA quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
- CreatorGwen BagniPaul DubovStarsAnne FrancisJohn EricsonBruceAfter her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.
- CreatorBruce GellerStarsPeter GravesBarbara BainGreg MorrisAn elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
- CreatorGeorge KirgoPeter NelsonStarsTeresa GravesDennis RuckerCharles CioffiAdventures of sexy & sassy black undercover cop Christie Love.
- CreatorLorenzo Semple Jr.William DozierStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Caped Crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in Gotham City."Batgirl" 1967-68
- CreatorCollier YoungStarsRaymond BurrDon GallowayDon MitchellWheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
- StarsTony CurtisRoger MooreLaurence NaismithTwo worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.Many episodes with female agents or detectives flipping men.
- CreatorRoland KibbeeStarsRobert WagnerFred AstaireMalachi ThroneThe adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government.Many episodes with female protaganists and strong villians.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntAfter a plane carrying three UN Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsAn elite department within Interpol, Department S inherits those cases which the other member groups have failed to solve.
- StarsRobert VaughnNyree Dawn PorterTony AnholtChallenges abound for worldwide crime-fighting team The Protectors. Organised into a global secret society, their mission is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Starring Emmy winner Robert Vaughn "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".
- StarsAnneliese UhligMonika PeitschAnita KupschGerman crime series with female leads as Interpol agents. Was said to be a unofficial precursor to American TV Series "Charlie's Angels (1976-81)
- StarsDerren NesbittGeorge SewellMorris PerryGroundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives.Many episodes with female law enforcers
- StarsGerard KennedyChuck FaulknerFrank TaylorThis series was about the wide variety of cases dealt with by the Criminal Investigation and Uniform branches at Melbourne's fictional Yarra Central police station.Australian crime series, first with a female police officer who did essentially same jobs as men.
- CreatorDonald WilsonSydney NewmanStarsWilliam HartnellPatrick TroughtonJon PertweeThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.Had notibly two female characters playing strong space enforcing agents between 1965 and 1974.
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsDonna MillsMichael ConstantineWilliam DevaneAn undercover policewomen risks her life to trap a homicidal rapist.Based on Dorothy Unhak's Novel of the same name.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsCathy Lee CrosbyKaz GarasAndrew PrineA super-hero uses her powers to thwart an international spy ring.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsTeresa GravesHarry GuardinoLouise SorelA beautiful policewoman goes undercover to break up a drug ring.
- CreatorRobert L. CollinsStarsAngie DickinsonEarl HollimanCharles DierkopFollows Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson, LAPD's top undercover cop. A member of the Criminal Conspiracy Unit, Pepper works the wild side of the street, where she poses as everything from a gangster's moll to a streetwalker to a prison inmate.
- CreatorFrancine CarrollStarsJessica WalterArt MetranoJohnny SevenWhen the Chief of Detectives suddenly dies, the police officer with the most seniority (who happens to be a woman) becomes the new Chief, which doesn't go down well with all of the men of the Department.
- StarsHideo MurotaHiroshi Nihon'yanagiHiroshi OgasawaraWhen mystery novelist and independently wealthy socialite Makoto Masako decides to start a business she settles upon a unique Insurance & Investigation Service. Recruiting a number of beautiful "thrill seeking" amateur detectives, and setting up shop in a fabulous Tokyo apartment/office Masako and company form the "PLAYGIRL(s)" as they affectionately call themselves. Masako and her "daughters" begin investigating various interesting cases and mysteries on behalf of their company's benefactors. While the bulk of their cases involve solving insurance scams, white collar crimes, fraud, white slavery, robbery and other assorted organized criminal ventures, some of their cases bordered on the bizarre and strange ( i.e. battling ghosts). During the course of their adventures "mother" Masako decides to travel the world and leaves the business in the trusted hands of her "eldest daughters" Tamaki and Masako. Several other "sisters" decide to leave the agency through the course of the series. To replace their ranks additional "sisters" are recruited to join, many "adopted" on some of their various assignments. After five years, "elder sister" Tamaki is recruited by InterPol to head one of their foreign offices. Tamaki reluctantly decides to close the office while the rest of the team head off on their own pursuits and adventures.All Female detective series like "Okay SIR" was said to be a precursor to "Charlie's Angels"
- StarsFranz GruberShin'ichi ChibaTetsurô TanbaThe Key Hunter unit of International Police is tasked with clandestine investigation and enforcement of laws involving international crime, espionage and political strife. The action-crime serial featured 262 episodes.Translated to "Key Hunter" a Japanese tv series depicting a unique group of law enforcers. Female lead was similar to "Cinnamon Carter" of "Mission Impossible" and "Emma Peel" in "The Avengers"
- DirectorJack HillStarsPam GrierBooker BradshawRobert DoQuiA sexy Black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.
- DirectorJack StarrettStarsTamara DobsonBernie CaseyBrenda SykesDuring the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsJeannie BellStan ShawPat AndersonA young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsBurt ReynoldsRaquel WelchJack WestonPolice in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.Raquel Welch played sexy and capable female detective.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsLinda MarloweGary HopeSean HewittA female private detective, Harriet Zapper, is hired by a rich old man to find his missing children, and becomes involved in counterfeiting and murderBritish version of Coffy and Ginger
- DirectorDon SchainStarsCheri CaffaroRichard SmedleyPatrick WrightCheerleaders and models are kidnapped & sold by a white slavery ring. Female agent is sent to rescue them.
- DirectorAndy SidarisStarsAnne RandallAlan LandersJames WestmorelandThe sleazy and dangerous adventures of a gorgeous female private detective.First of the Andy Sidaris' series of big buxum former playboy model superwoman genre flicks,
- DirectorTed V. MikelsStarsMichael AnsaraFrancine YorkAnthony EisleySquad of beautiful government agents tries to catch saboteurs.Technically came out in 1972
- DirectorDoris WishmanStarsChesty MorganFrank SilvanoSaul MethAn unusually proportioned secret agent uses her unique anatomy to spy on the members of an international drug ring.Made In 1970
- DirectorRafael BaledónStarsFernando CasanovaArmando SilvestreEmily CranzWho said they were the weaker sex? Four courageous and feisty women fight against a gang of criminals who want to get their hands on a scientist's valuable formula.Another set of Charlie's Angel prequels or the "Charlie's Angels" of Mexican Spy Genres.
- DirectorKing HuStarsPei-Pei ChengHua YuehChih-Ching YangBandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assistance.
- DirectorChang-hwa JeongStarsTina Chin-FeiLiang ChenPat Ting HungA Hong Kong reporter (Tina Chin) sets out to thwart the evil "witch" boss of a gang (Pat Ting Hung) bent on world domination.Probably the first in the Hong Kong's Girls N Gun series.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsJanine ReynaudRosanna YanniAdrian HovenKISS ME, MONSTER finds The Red Lips moonlighting on a striptease world tour - but no sooner do they hit the stage than the girls are up to their pasties in stiffs, Satanists and Sapphic sadists, all after a secret formula for human clones!
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsMonica VittiTerence StampDirk BogardeStylish ex-con Modesty Blaise and her partner Willie Garvin are tasked by the British Secret Service with preventing her rival Gabriel from stealing diamonds that are to be delivered to her adoptive father, a Sheikh.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsTony KendallBrad HarrisMaria PerschyIn this first "Kommissar X" movie, Tony and Brad investigate the murders of politicians and scientists. They soon face off against a team of super hitwomen with their usual flair. Look for all the action and style that led to numerous follow-up films. The series theme song, "I Love You Joe Walker," never sounded so good.
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsTura SatanaHajiLori WilliamsThree go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.
- DirectorTed V. MikelsStarsWendell CoreyJohn CarradineTom PaceThe Plan - to build a super human. How? By murdering innocent, convenient victims, and using various bits of them. The result? Creatures on the rampage.
- DirectorRichard BenedictStarsBurt ReynoldsAnne FrancisLyle BettgerPat Morrison, a treasure hunter in the Philippines, recruits army veterans to search for a gold treasure hidden by the military during World War II.Anne Francis shows some post Honey West karate moves.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryGert FröbeHonor BlackmanWhile investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.
- DirectorErnst HofbauerStarsStewart GrangerRosanna SchiaffinoHorst FrankAn FBI agent goes to Hong Kong to infiltrate an international nuclear smuggling ring.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsBob HopeAnita EkbergEdie AdamsA returning moon capsule with vital information goes off-course and lands in Africa, where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. Washington orders African expert, Matthew Merriwether - an utter fraud and authority only on feminine pulchritude - to go find it.The director of this movie might have gotten inspiration from Cathy Gale in The Avengers.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsNeil ConneryDaniela BianchiAdolfo CeliThe civilian brother of Britain's best spy must use his skills in plastic surgery, hypnotism and lip-reading to stop a crime syndicate's bid for world domination.
- DirectorMaurice ClocheSilvio SianoStarsGérard BarraySylva KoscinaAgnès SpaakA government agent tries to prevent foreign spies from obtaining a scientist's formula for a solid-rocket-fuel.
- DirectorAntonio Isasi-IsasmendiStarsHorst BuchholzSylva KoscinaÁngel PicazoWhen a hostage-for-ransom exchange goes wrong, the F.B.I. sends an agent to Turkey to retrieve the ransom money and the hostage who's an important nuclear-weapon scientist.