Movie List for "action 2"

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

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

Thunder and Lightning (1977)

A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation. Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Corey Allen
Writer: William Hjortsberg
Actors: Sterling Holloway, Patrick Cranshaw, Charles Napier, George Murdock

Chinatown Kid (1977)

After getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man (Fu Sheng) flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of one gang, and eventually … Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Cheh Chang
Writer: Cheh Chang, Kuang Ni, James Wong (story)
Actors: Sheng Fu, Shirley Yu, Susan Yam-Yam Shaw, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok