Seventies Gangster Films
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1. The Mafia Wants Blood (1970)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Serge Morgan is a killer working for the American Mafia. After performing a contract in New York for his employers, he takes the plane back to Paris and, during the flight, he gets to know ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Koralnik | Stars: Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Paul Nicholas, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 262
2. Horse (1970)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
Near the Baie de la Seine swamps, opposite the Port of Le Havre, Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean Gabin, Danièle Ajoret, Michel Barbey, Christian Barbier
Votes: 967
3. Carbon Copy (1970)
PG | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by an inspector, a former childhood friend.
Director: Sergio Gobbi | Stars: Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Virna Lisi, Albert Minski
Votes: 209
4. One Way Ticket (1971)
120 min | Crime, Drama
A small-time criminal wants to give up his life of crime. He performs a robbery with a friend, with similar feelings, and things go sour.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Jean-Claude Bouillon, Nicoletta, Maurice Garrel, Paola Pitagora
Votes: 216
5. Bloody Mama (1970)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A psychologically disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Pat Hingle, Diane Varsi
Votes: 3,726
6. Borsalino (1970)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Catherine Rouvel, Françoise Christophe
Votes: 4,785 | Gross: $1.09M
7. Borsalino and Co. (1974)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Riccardo Cucciolla, Daniel Ivernel, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Votes: 2,433
8. A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
M/PG | 89 min | Action, Biography, Crime
After serving four years of a six-year sentence on a manslaughter charge, a tough punk (Pretty Boy Floyd) escapes from prison and goes on a violent rampage.
Directors: Larry Buchanan, Maury Dexter | Stars: Fabian, Jocelyn Lane, Astrid Warner, Adam Roarke
Votes: 251
9. The Red Circle (1970)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand
Votes: 28,147 | Gross: $0.37M
10. The Family (1970)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After being double-crossed by his mistress and barely escaping a murder attempt, a hit-man sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the mob boss who put her up to it.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 3,458
11. Company of Killers (1970 TV Movie)
G | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.
Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Van Johnson, Ray Milland, John Saxon, Clu Gulager
Votes: 92
12. Countdown to Vengeance (1971)
PG | 102 min | Crime, Drama
10 years ago, François Nolan and his brother were betrayed by one of their accomplices after a break-in. During the fight with the police, Francois' brother was killed and François ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Pigaut | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Serge Reggiani, Hubert Deschamps, Joëlle Bernard
Votes: 235
13. The Cop (1970)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While investigating a drug case, an inspector is shot dead by a gangster. His colleague, Inspector Favenin, is assigned to solve this crime. He is ready to do anything to save his colleague's honor, even if it means going beyond the law.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Françoise Fabian, Gianni Garko, Michel Constantin
Votes: 703
14. Come Back Charleston Blue (1972)
PG | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Sequel to Cotton comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Warren | Stars: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Peter De Anda, Percy Rodrigues
Votes: 358 | Gross: $0.34M
15. Investigación criminal (1970)
82 min | Crime
A young police officer, sees by chance how a man is beaten and forced into a car in the Barajas airport parking lot. The policeman tracks them down and discovers a gang that is dedicated to trafficking in women in Spain.
Director: Juan Bosch | Stars: Ángel Aranda, Luis Prendes, Blanca María Guete, Fernando Cebrián
Votes: 17
16. The Moonshine War (1970)
GP | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, Melodie Johnson
Votes: 680
17. Performance (1970)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama
A violent East London gangster undergoes a transformation of identity while hiding from his former colleagues in the home of a jaded Bohemian rock star and his two girlfriends.
Directors: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg | Stars: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton
Votes: 11,323 | Gross: $0.19M
18. Tatto of the Jack (1970)
83 min | Action, Crime
Hanamura widely known in gangland as a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner Kurahara. They attempt to help the Towada-Gumi gang against its rival Kamioka-Gumi.
Director: Kazunari Takeda | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Eiji Gô, Yoshirô Aoki, Shôki Fukae
Votes: 10
19. The Plot Against Harry (1989)
81 min | Comedy, Crime
When a former big shot in the Jewish Mafia is released from prison, his ex-wife and family try to set him straight.
Director: Michael Roemer | Stars: Martin Priest, Ben Lang, Maxine Woods, Henry Nemo
Votes: 443 | Gross: $0.27M
20. $ (1971)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash belonging to three very different criminals from a high-tech security bank in Hamburg, Germany.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber
Votes: 2,885 | Gross: $4.40M
21. Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Dale Robertson, Harris Yulin, Dick Sargent, Margaret Blye
Votes: 220
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