Movie List for "crime"

Kill the Golden Goose (1979)

Two former friends find themselves battling against each others. Government officials and powerful business men pulling the strings. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Elliott Hong
Writer: Brad Weston (screenplay), Patrick Strong (screenplay)
Actors: Brad Weston, Bong Soo Han, Ed Parker, Seaward Forbes

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Shôhei Imamura
Writer: Masaru Baba (screenplay), Ryûzô Saki (novel), Shunsaku Ikehata
Actors: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him. Year 1979.

Generes: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Dick Robbins (screenplay), Duane Poole (screenplay), Joseph Barbera (screenplay), Joseph Barbera (story)
Actors: Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Chuck McCann

…and justice for all. (1979)

A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
Actors: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg

The Glove (1979)

A bounty hunter is offered $20,000 – off the record – for the capture of a very large man who dons body armor and steel-plated gauntlets for his regular beatings of some unfortunate individuals. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ross Hagen
Writer: Hugh Smith (screenplay), Julian Roffman (screenplay), Hugh Smith (story), Ross Hagen (story)
Actors: John Saxon, Roosevelt Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell

Delta Fox (1979)

Woman is kidnaped by hitman who discovers that he is the target of another hitman. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian
Writer: Ferd Sebastian, Beverly Sebastian
Actors: Stuart Whitman, John Ireland, Richard Jaeckel, Richard Lynch

The Swap (1979)

Vinnie gets out of jail after serving 10 years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother – played by a young Robert de Niro. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Jordan Leondopoulos
Writer: John C. Broderick
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jennifer Warren, Jarred Mickey, Terrayne Crawford

The Great Train Robbery (1978)

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay by), Michael Crichton (based on his novel)
Actors: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb

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

F.I.S.T. (1978)

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall. Year 1978.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Joe Eszterhas (story), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writer: Fred Schepisi (screenplay), Thomas Keneally (novel)
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson

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

The Bionic Boy (1977)

An Interpol agent is killed by gangsters after he saves the life of a wealthy industrialist who stood in their way. When the rest of his family is killed in a car crash, the Interpol … Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Director: Leody M. Diaz
Writer: Romeo N. Galang (screenplay), Bobby A. Suarez (story)
Actors: Johnson Yap, Joe Sison, Chito Guerrero, Danny Rojo