Seventies Gangster Films
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- DirectorPierre KoralnikStarsSerge GainsbourgJane BirkinPaul NicholasSerge 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 Jane, the rich daughter of an ambassador. Once in Orly Airport he gets seriously wounded by the men of French drug kingpin Henri Emery. He manages to escape them though and takes refuge at Jane's. Passion sets in between the killer and the young lady. As of then, sex will be intertwined with blood and death. For better or worse...
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsJean GabinDanièle AjoretMichel BarbeyNear 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 with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...
- DirectorSergio GobbiStarsRobert HosseinCharles AznavourVirna LisiPatterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by an inspector, a former childhood friend.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsJean-Claude BouillonNicolettaMaurice GarrelA 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.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsShelley WintersDon StroudPat HingleA psychologically disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsJean-Paul BelmondoAlain DelonCatherine RouvelDuring the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsAlain DelonRiccardo CucciollaDaniel IvernelMarseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
- DirectorsLarry BuchananMaury DexterStarsFabianJocelyn LaneAstrid WarnerAfter 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.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonBourvilGian Maria VolontèAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsCharles BronsonTelly SavalasJill IrelandAfter 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.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsVan JohnsonRay MillandJohn SaxonA gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.
- DirectorRoger PigautStarsMichel BouquetSerge ReggianiHubert Deschamps10 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 disfigured a cop. Now, François is back for revenge. As nobody knows who the traitor was, the former accomplices lose their heads. The disfigured cop is also waiting for the right moment to take his revenge on François.
- DirectorYves BoissetStarsMichel BouquetFrançoise FabianGianni GarkoWhile 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.
- DirectorMark WarrenStarsGodfrey CambridgeRaymond St. JacquesPeter De AndaSequel 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 gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.
- DirectorJuan BoschStarsÁngel ArandaLuis PrendesBlanca María GueteA 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.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPatrick McGoohanRichard WidmarkAlan AldaA 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.
- DirectorsDonald CammellNicolas RoegStarsJames FoxMick JaggerAnita PallenbergA 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.
- DirectorKazunari TakedaStarsAkira KobayashiEiji GôYoshirô AokiHanamura 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.
- DirectorMichael RoemerStarsMartin PriestBen LangMaxine WoodsWhen a former big shot in the Jewish Mafia is released from prison, his ex-wife and family try to set him straight.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsWarren BeattyGoldie HawnGert FröbeBank security expert Joe Collins and call girl Dawn Divine plot 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.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsDale RobertsonHarris YulinDick SargentAgent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.