Movie List for "action 2"

Speeding Up Time (1971)

A poet seeks revenge on the criminal responsible for the death of his mother. Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: John Evans
Writer: John Evans
Actors: Pamela Donegan, Winston Thrash

The French Connection (1971)

A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Writer: Ernest Tidyman (screenplay by), Robin Moore (based on the book by)
Actors: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco

Evel Knievel (1971)

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big … Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer: Alan Caillou (story), Alan Caillou (screenplay), John Milius (screenplay)
Actors: George Hamilton, Sue Lyon, Bert Freed, Rod Cameron

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Writer: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay)
Actors: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race. Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Sci-Fi
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: Paul Dehn, Pierre Boulle (based upon characters created by)
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy

Noon Sunday (1970)

Two mercenaries are hired to commit a political assassination. Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Terry Bourke
Writer: Terry Bourke
Actors: Mark Lenard, John Russell, Linda Avery, Keye Luke

Cold Sweat (1970)

With his wife and daughter being held hostage, a seasoned ex-military man is involved in a shady smuggling operation to save his family. Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Terence Young
Writer: Dorothea Bennett, Jo Eisinger, Richard Matheson (novel), Shimon Wincelberg
Actors: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland

Hell in the Aegean (1970)

In May 1941, after the fall of the mainland of Greece just before the Germans entered Athens, a bold cadet, Nikiforos Kallergis leaves with his classmates from the cadet school. They … Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Vasilis Georgiadis
Writer: Stamatis Filippoulis, Ignacio F. Iquino (screenplay), Ignacio F. Iquino (story), Vasilis Manousakis (adaptation), Siro Marcellini (dialogue: Italian version), Juliana San José de la Fuente (screenplay), Juliana San José de la Fuente (story), Ornella Zanelli (dialogue: Italian version)
Actors: Hristos Politis, Stephanos Stratigos, Giorgos Tzortzis, Giota Soimoiri

Prem Pujari (1970)

Ramdev Bakshi is the only son of widower and former Indian Army General Durgaprasad, who has been decorated several times with various medals for bravery shown in the line of duty. Alas … Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Drama, Musical
Director: Dev Anand
Writer: Dev Anand
Actors: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Shatrughan Sinha, Zaheeda

The Revolutionary (1970)

A radical student feels that he has been betrayed by the college association to which he belongs, and thinks more violent actions must be taken in order to alter the existing system. Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Paul Williams
Writer: Hans Koningsberger (novel), Hans Koningsberger (screenplay)
Actors: Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, Robert Duvall, Collin Wilcox Paxton

Moonfire (1970)

Truckers battle a Nazi who has hidden out in Mexico. Subplot involves the disappearance of a reclusive billionaire. Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Michael Parkhurst
Writer: Michael Parkhurst
Actors: Richard Egan, Charles Napier, Sonny Liston, Dayton Lummis

The McKenzie Break (1970)

During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland. Year 1970.

Generes: War, Drama, Action
Director: Lamont Johnson
Writer: William W. Norton (screenplay), Sidney Shelley (novel)
Actors: Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Jack Watson

Sunflower (1970)

An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia – like fifty thousand others during WWII. Year 1970.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Writer: Tonino Guerra (story and screenplay), Cesare Zavattini (story and screenplay), Giorgi Mdivani (in collaboration with)
Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva, Galina Andreeva

Figures in a Landscape (1970)

Two escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter. Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Joseph Losey
Writer: Robert Shaw (screenplay), Barry England (from a novel by)
Actors: Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell, Henry Woolf, Christopher Malcolm

The Adventurers (1970)

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country–a man who was his … Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writer: Michael Hastings (screenplay), Lewis Gilbert (screenplay), Harold Robbins (novel)
Actors: Charles Aznavour, Alan Badel, Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren

Angel Unchained (1970)

Angel is the biker who joins a commune of hippies near a small town. When the town rednecks attack them, Angel calls up some of his bad biker buddies to exact revenge. Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Thriller, Drama
Director: Lee Madden
Writer: Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (screenplay), Lee Madden (story), Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (story)
Actors: Don Stroud, Luke Askew, Larry Bishop, Tyne Daly