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- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsJohn HudsonLynette BernayEd NelsonWayne Randall, a safe-cracker,and his two accomplices, Jan Spencer and Dino Michaelis, are hiding in the mountains of northern California, following a heist of a $81,000 payroll at a lumber-mill. It only takes less than an hour to prove that honor-among-thieves runs a long-distance second to greed-among-thieves.
- DirectorGeorge MontgomeryStarsGeorge MontgomeryCharito LunaMario BarriA Marine stationed in the Philippines loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. When the Japanese invade the Philippines, he is called back into service to rescue a general held by Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines. Attaching a steel prosthetic in place of his missing hand, he and his men set out on the mission, which turns out to be not quite what he was told it was.
- DirectorEddie DewStarsJames BrownFrances RaffertyRichard Tretter
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn WayneElsa MartinelliHardy KrügerA group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.
- DirectorMaury DexterStarsKent TaylorMiriam ColonJeff MorrowDan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered.
- DirectorBernhard WickiStarsMarlon BrandoYul BrynnerJanet MargolinA war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on a freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsHajiAlex RoccoSteve OliverThree bad boy motorcyclists get kicks raping women and generally being a nuisance. When they rape a veterinarian's wife, he takes exception and pursues them, teaming up with a Cajun woman whose husband they killed. The leader of the gang, a Vietnam Vet, begins showing signs of being a few slices short of a loaf.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsAdam WestBurt WardLee MeriwetherThe Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsKirk DouglasJohn WayneFrank SinatraIn 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.
- DirectorTom LaughlinStarsTom LaughlinElizabeth JamesJeremy SlateBilly Jack battles a motorcycle gang in a small California beach town.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsStephen BoydYvette MimieuxGiovanna RalliA thief blackmails her former colleagues into robbing a bank in Spain housing some very valuable royal jewels.
- DirectorWill ZensStarsMarty RobbinsJohn AshleyGigi PerreauTwo brothers, one a popular race car driver that all the women love and the other a brilliant mechanic who makes the winning possible, become enemies when one messes with the other's girlfriend.
- DirectorMichael D. MooreStarsJack PalanceFernando LamasAldo RayChinese villagers hire a mercenary and his team of karate experts to help rid them of a gangster and his henchman who are threatening their island.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJohn WayneKatharine RossJim HuttonDivorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, but a Venezuelan oil rig fire reunites them.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRock HudsonErnest BorgninePatrick McGoohanUSN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.
- DirectorDaniel HallerRoger CormanStarsFabianMimsy FarmerJudy CornwellA devil-may-care racing driver is paid by an auto tycoon to be a runner-up, not a winner, but he rebels against the crooked deal and becomes an internationally famous racer.
- DirectorAl AdamsonStarsLon Chaney Jr.Russ TamblynJennifer BishopAfter a string of bad times with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, the leader of the gang, puts Sandy through her initiation and they get on with the real job of running drugs across the Mexican border, hassling poor farmers, taking any man they please, and generally raising a little hell. Soon Sandy becomes unsure if this is the life for her, but it may be too late to get out.
- DirectorMaury DexterStarsJeremy SlateJocelyn LaneAdam RoarkeWhen hot-headed Dan out-drives the thoroughly vicious Tony in a motorcycle race and wins a brand new bike, he sets in motion a chain of events that includes one blazing gas station and a disastrous rock slide.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJim BrownGene HackmanMike KellinA riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
- DirectorSamuel FullerRafael PortilloStarsBurt ReynoldsArthur KennedyBarry SullivanA gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsRod TaylorTheodore BikelSuzy KendallProfessional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsYvette MimieuxChristopher GeorgeDiane McBainKim Stacy and Morgan are two CIA Agents on a secret mission to rescue a scientist imprisoned by terrorists on a remote island.
- DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsClint EastwoodTelly SavalasDon RicklesA group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines in WWII France to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsJim BrownGeorge KennedyFredric MarchRacial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected Sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the deep south.
- DirectorTom LaughlinStarsTom LaughlinDelores TaylorClark HowatEx-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
- DirectorLane SlateTom SternStarsTom SternTelly SavalasRobert VaughnAn ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who are part of a drug-dealing gang.
- DirectorDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry GuardinoWhen a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
- DirectorBurt TopperStarsRobert FullerSherry BainTony RusselPhil agrees to look after his dying Vietnam vet buddy by taking care of his motorcycle only to run into some trouble with both the law and other bikers.
- DirectorRichard FleischerJohn HustonStarsGeorge C. ScottTony MusanteTrish Van DevereA getaway driver comes out of retirement to pull off one last run - one that could send him to an early grave instead.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenSiegfried RauchElga AndersenTwo car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsBarry NewmanCleavon LittleCharlotte RamplingDuring the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.
- DirectorMichel LevesqueStarsSteve OliverDonna AndersonGene ShaneA biker gang and its leader fall prey to a satan worshipper and his cult.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsJudith BrownRoberta CollinsJennifer GanAmerican women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsRobert BlakeCharlotte RamplingPatrick O'NealA country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.
- DirectorByron ChudnowStarsByron MabeHal ReedJulie ParrishA clever con artist and an animal trainer team up to teach Doberman Pinschers how to rob banks.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsBurt ReynoldsRaquel WelchJack WestonPolice in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.
- DirectorBruce D. ClarkStarsFred WilliamsonBernie HamiltonVonetta McGeeA Los Angeles dock worker becomes a boxer but his crooked manager is involved in various rackets and he's working for the mob.
- DirectorJoe ViolaStarsCarmen ArgenzianoAndrea CaganMargaret MarkovHot action and lust in the steamy tropical jungle, as heroines break out of a women's prison and start a local revolution.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonJan-Michael VincentKeenan WynnAn aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsLee MarvinGene HackmanSissy SpacekA vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Top enforcer Nick Devlin is sent to straighten things out.
- DirectorWilliam T. NaudStarsGeorg Stanford BrownBrandon De WildeKeenan WynnThree anti-war activists hijack a B-52 bomber.
- DirectorEddie RomeroStarsJohn AshleyPat WoodellSid HaigA foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsBruce LeeJohn SaxonJim KellyA Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsBilly Dee WilliamsRichard PryorPaul HamptonA Federal Agent, whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose, is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring.
- DirectorDaniel VanceStarsSteve SandorRockne TarkingtonRichard X. SlatteryA decorated Vietnam War vet returns home to his small southwestern town, only to find carnies and bikers are stepping all over it, prompting him to take action.
- DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnCharles CioffiA crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
- DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnDrew Bundini BrownShaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsRichard RoundtreeFrank FinlayVonetta McGeePrivate investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.
- DirectorStephanie RothmanStarsDon MarshallPhyllis DavisEna HartmanAfter the abolishment of the death penalty, California murderers are dumped on an island to spend the rest of their lives unsupervised. There, two groups are formed, one lead by a psychopath, and another group determined to bring him down.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJoe Don BakerElizabeth HartmanLeif GarrettBased on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, who almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsBurt ReynoldsJennifer BillingsleyNed BeattyAn ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsMargaret MarkovPam GrierLucretia LoveWhen the Romans force a group of sex slaves to become gladiatrices, two such fighters - a Nubian dancer and a Gaulish priestess - form an alliance to lead the others in rebellion.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsAngie DickinsonWilliam ShatnerTom SkerrittCircumstances force a tough single mother and her two daughters into a life of crime and they quickly become outlaws on the run, picking up partners along the way, and traveling to different states, pursued by the law.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsJim KellyGloria HendryScatman CrothersA Mafia buy out of Papa Byrd's karate school downtown ends in his death. Byrd's daughter, Sydney, refuses to sell, and wants revenge. Byrd's students call the Black Belt Jones for help. Jones reluctantly teams with Sydney in many battles.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsFred WilliamsonRosemary ForsythTeresa GravesPrivate detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.
- DirectorCharles BailStarsRockne TarkingtonWilliam SmithConnie StricklandNoble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJuanita BrownErica GavinRoberta CollinsIn a women's prison, a group of inmates band together to combat the repressive and abusive policies of the crippled female warden and the corrupt prison doctor.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsPeter FondaSusan GeorgeAdam RoarkeDown-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
- DirectorH.B. HalickiStarsH.B. HalickiMarion BusiaJerry DaugirdaWhen a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag - thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsWilliam ElliottMarki BeyCliff PottsA rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsCharles BronsonLinda CristalAl LettieriA melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
- DirectorGordon Parks Jr.StarsJim BrownFred WilliamsonJim KellyBlaxploitation film about three martial-arts specialists who prevent white supremacists from tainting the U.S. water supply with a toxin that's only harmful to black people.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsIsaac HayesYaphet KottoAlan WeeksWhile tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.
- DirectorJames A. WestmanStarsEdward AsnerElaine GiftosVerne GagneFrank Bass takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right. Gamblers and money-grubbing conspire to corrupt the industry. Frank's efforts climax as he promotes an over-the-hill champion in the final matches of his career.
- DirectorTimothy GalfasStarsRichard LawsonAnnazette ChasePhilip Michael ThomasTo make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsCharles BronsonRobert DuvallJill IrelandA bush pilot is hired for fifty thousand dollars to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsFred WilliamsonPam GrierThalmus RasulalaAfter being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?
- DirectorMatt CimberStarsJohn DanielsEli HainesTom HankasonSunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his girls, his madam or his competitors and viciously defends his patch. First, he clobbers the Mob who attempt to move in on his patch. Second, he tracks down one of his girls who runs off with a suitcase full of his cash. Third, he disposes of two policemen. But by now he knows his pimping days are numbered, so after a final explosive gun battle he switches to being his alter ego, mild-mannered businessman Ron who lives out in the leafy suburbs with an unsuspecting wife and family.
- 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.
- DirectorCharles BailStarsTamara DobsonStella StevensNi TienWhen fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) travels there to find them. With the help of local detective Mi Ling, Cleopatra discovers that her friends' disappearance has to do with The Dragon Lady, a much-feared blonde "lipstick lesbian" who runs a Macao casino and controls a major chunk of the local drug trade.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsCloris LeachmanStuart WhitmanAnn SothernA family of three women, and their male companions, enter a life of crime in a desperate attempt to buy back their family farm, which was taken off of them by corrupt bankers a couple of decades before.
- DirectorPaul BartelStarsDavid CarradineSylvester StalloneSimone GriffethIn a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsPam GrierYaphet KottoGodfrey CambridgeAt Los Angeles airport, magazine photographer Friday Foster witnesses an assassination attempt against billionaire Blake Tarr and is drawn into a murky political conspiracy.
- DirectorJack HillStarsPam GrierBooker BradshawRobert DoQuiA sexy Black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.
- DirectorJack HillStarsPam GrierAntonio FargasPeter BrownA voluptuous vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
- DirectorD'Urville MartinStarsRudy Ray MooreD'Urville MartinJerry JonesAfter he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.
- DirectorGy WaldronStarsJames MitchumKiel MartinArthur HunnicuttGrady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJames CaanJohn HousemanMaud AdamsIn a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsPam GrierAustin StokerD'Urville MartinA Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
- DirectorJack HillStarsRobbie LeeJoanne NailMonica GayleThe leader of an inner-city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.
- DirectorWill ZensStarsMichael HawkinsMary CannonDoodles WeaverA young man takes up truck-driving to investigate his trucker father's suspicious death.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsBurt ReynoldsArt CarneyConny Van DykeW. Bright (Burt Reynolds) is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie (Conny Van Dyke). The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by religious zealot cop Deacon Gore (Art Carney), Bright helps the band make it big while on the run.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsBo SvensonLuke AskewBruce GloverSheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late-1960s Tennessee.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsJan-Michael VincentKay LenzSlim PickensIn 1970s Arizona, a young married man becomes an independent long-haul driver and he risks his life fighting the corruption in the local long-haul trucking industry.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAustin StokerDarwin JostonLaurie ZimmerA Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
- DirectorAl AdamsonStarsTimothy BrownRuss TamblynJana BellanKicks Carter, a streetwise Las Vegs cop, is out to shut down an upscale hotel that is actually a front for a host of illegal activities. A gang headed by the scuzzy Ziggy is running everything from gun-running and loan-sharking to prostitution and drug-dealing, and a beautiful but nosy reporter keeps getting in Kicks' way.
- DirectorPaul BartelStarsDavid CarradineBill McKinneyVeronica HamelRacing across the country from L.A. to New York, a plethora of exotic cars carry contestants hoping to win a very large sum.
- CreatorIvan GoffBen RobertsStarsKate JacksonFarrah FawcettJaclyn SmithA wealthy mystery man named Charlie runs a detective agency via a speakerphone and his personal assistant, John Bosley. His detectives are three beautiful women, who end up in a variety of difficult situations.
- DirectorFred WilliamsonStarsFred WilliamsonBernie KubyHeidi DobbsA D.A. tasks a private detective to safely transport a mob trial witness from L.A. to N.Y. but hired killers are after them.
- DirectorLee FrostStarsWarren OatesChristopher GeorgeJane Anne JohnstoneWhen their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over his business and get revenge on the men who had him killed.
- DirectorSteve CarverBurt KennedyStarsWarren OatesIsela VegaKen NortonA mid-19th-century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
- DirectorCharles B. GriffithStarsRon HowardChristopher NorrisBrad DavidDarlene's into going fast, Hoover's into Darlene, but when they both get into a red-hot race car, the reckless fun accelerates into a trunk-full of hot pursuits.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsPeter FondaGino FrancoHarry NorthupAn Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments.
- DirectorBurt ReynoldsStarsBurt ReynoldsJack WestonLauren HuttonAgents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.
- DirectorCharles BailStarsMichael SarrazinTim McIntireRaul JuliaAn eclectic group of people takes part in a secret, and illegal, cross country road race.
- DirectorOscar WilliamsStarsJim KellyGeorge MemmoliGeoffrey BinneyMartial-arts expert tries to rescue an ambassador's daughter who was kidnapped in Thailand.
- DirectorCliff RoquemoreStarsRudy Ray MooreLady ReedJimmy LynchDolemite flees to California, where he helps Queen Bee and her Kung Fu prostitutes battle a local gangster.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsYaphet KottoKirk CallowayThomas CarterA new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.
- DirectorHoward AvedisStarsConnie StevensCesare DanovaWilliam SmithSeattle undercover narc Jackie Parker (Stevens) is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco (Danova).
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsJames CoburnSusannah YorkRobert CulpWhen an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.