Movie List for "action 2"

Jaani Dushman (1979)

A newly married bride disappears after her marriage. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Horror, Mystery
Director: Rajkumar Kohli
Writer: Inder Raj Anand (dialogue), Hakim Riaz Latta (idea), Jaggi Rampal (screenplay), Charandas Shokh (screenplay)
Actors: Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Mehra

Dimboola (1979)

Dimboola follows the interaction of various characters at a country wedding reception. Year 1979.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: John Duigan
Writer: John Hibberd (screenplay), John Power (play)
Actors: Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Max Gillies, Bill Garner

Escape to Athena (1979)

A World War II adventure, involving a group of Allied POWs, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Writer: Edward Anhalt (screenplay), Richard S. Lochte (screenplay), Richard S. Lochte (story), George P. Cosmatos (story)
Actors: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers

City on Fire (1979)

A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Writer: Jack Hill, David P. Lewis, Céline La Frenière
Actors: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen

The Black Hole (1979)

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Sci-Fi
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: Jeb Rosebrook (story by), Bob Barbash (story by), Richard H. Landau (story by), Jeb Rosebrook (screenplay by), Gerry Day (screenplay by)
Actors: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms

1941 (1979)

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Comedy, War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Robert Zemeckis (screenplay), Bob Gale (screenplay), Robert Zemeckis (story), Bob Gale (story), John Milius (story)
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary

Avalanche Express (1979)

Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Mark Robson, Monte Hellman
Writer: Abraham Polonsky (screenplay), Colin Forbes (novel)
Actors: Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell

She Came to the Valley (1979)

Family movies to a border town near Rio Grande and opens up a store. Unfortunately, Pancho Villa and his man storm the town and rob the place. The wife is left to fend for herself, so she gets in touch with the man who works for Villa. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Albert Band
Writer: Frank Ray Perilli (screenplay), Albert Band (screenplay), Cleo Dawson (novel)
Actors: Ronee Blakley, Dean Stockwell, Scott Glenn, Freddy Fender

Good Guys Wear Black (1978)

An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next. Year 1978.

Generes: Action
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Bruce Cohn (screenplay), Mark Medoff (screenplay), Joseph Fraley (story)
Actors: Chuck Norris, Anne Archer, James Franciscus, Lloyd Haynes

Shalimar (1978)

On the run from the police, S.S. Kumar, a thief, comes across a private invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley addressed to Raja Bahadur Singh. When the Raja is shot, Kumar takes him… Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: Krishna Shah
Writer: Kader Khan (Hindi dialogue), Momin Khan, Hriday Lani, Krishna Shah (dialogue), Krishna Shah (screenplay), Krishna Shah (story), Stanford Sherman (story)
Actors: Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Rex Harrison, Sylvia Miles

Karmayogi (1978)

Brash, outspoken, and aethiest Shanker lives in a small village with his son, Mohan, and his devout wife, Durga, who is expecting another child soon. Shanker and Durga are incompatible, as … Year 1978.

Generes: Action
Director: Ram Maheshwari
Writer: Binoy Chatterjee (screenplay), Ela Maheshwary (additional dialogue), C.J. Pavri (screenplay), Sagar Sarhadi (dialogue)
Actors: Mala Sinha, Raaj Kumar, Jeetendra, Rekha

She nu yu chao (1978)

The tribe of a remote island worships the legendary Snake Pearl. Two masters of kung fu visit the isle and discover they must defend the daughter of the murdered chief against a evil wizard. Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Drama, Adventure
Director: C.Y. Yang, Joseph Velasco
Writer: Ku-Yao Yang (screenplay)
Actors: Bruce Li, Dana, Sing Chen, Lik Cheung

Knock-Out Cop (1978)

Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman is killed. Dying he shows … Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Steno
Writer: Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay), Giovanni Simonelli (screenplay), Franco Verucci (screenplay), Rainer Brandt (screenplay), Franco Verucci (story)
Actors: Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Werner Pochath, Joe Stewardson

Hi-Riders (1978)

Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them. Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Greydon Clark
Writer: Greydon Clark
Actors: Mel Ferrer, Stephen McNally, Darby Hinton, Ralph Meeker

Bhola Bhala (1978)

Ram Kumar Verma is an honest albeit unsuccessful Insurance Agent. His poor performance and a quick settlement for Renu and her mom gets him transferred to Madhya Pradesh. During the train … Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Satpal
Writer: Madhusudan Kalelkar (story), Ramesh Pant (dialogue), Ramesh Pant (script), V.K. Sharma (screenplay)
Actors: Rajesh Khanna, Rekha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Joginder Shelly

Death Force (1978)

An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai. Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Cirio H. Santiago
Writer: Howard R. Cohen (screenplay), Cirio H. Santiago (story), Robert E. Waters (story)
Actors: James Iglehart, Carmen Argenziano, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy