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Films with the genre "Action", sorted by production date
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Girls for Rent (1974)
, 1h32Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Georgina Spelvin, Kent Taylor, Rosalind Miles, Robert Livingston, Addison Randall, Regina Carrol
Donna Taylor is a young prostitute recruited by a criminal organization known as "The Syndicate" to help blackmail their latest target, a politician. She agrees to carry out their plan of meeting him in his hotel room, drugging his drink, and having pictures taken of him while he is unconscious. She soon finds out the drug she administered was not a simple sedative as she had been told by Sandra and Erica, the two members of the Syndicate accompanying her, but a lethal poison. They threaten to kill Donna if she does not stay silent about the murder. After they depart to dispose of the body, Donna arranges to use the friend's place in Mexico to hide out. Unknown to her, the Syndicate is monitoring the hotel room.
The Internecine Project (1974)
, 1h29Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, Keenan Wynn
Ancien agent secret, le Pr Elliot tient à assoir son autorité dans le monde de la finance. Mais quatre personnes sont témoins de ses activités douteuses. Il décide alors de toutes les supprimer...
Kung Fu Killers (1974)
, 1h12Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Genres Documentary, Action
Actors Angela Mao, George Lazenby, Stuart Whitman, Carter Wong, Bruce Lee, Jimmy Wang Yu
Australian stuntman Grant Page travels to Hong Kong to find Bruce Lee's successor and looks at the cultural phenomenon that Asian martial arts has become in the West. He talks to actors such as Angela Mao, Stuart Whitman and George Lazenby – who were all making movies in Hong Kong at the time – and fights Carter Wong twice.
, 1h29Directed by Toshiya Fujita
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Meiko Kaji, Jūzō Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yoshio Harada, Toru Abe, Koji Nanbara
Sayo, condamnée à la prison à vie, pour avoir tué l'assassin de son mari et de son fils, ne vit plus que pour une chose : donner naissance à l'instrument de sa vengeance. Elle décède malheureusement en couches en donnant le jour à une fille, Yuki, qui, suivant sa destinée, deviendra la redoutable Lady Snowblood, aux charmes aussi affûtés que le sabre !
The Longest Yard (1974)
, 2h1Directed by Robert Aldrich, Hal Needham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Sports films, American football films, Musical films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Anitra Ford, Michael Conrad, James Hampton
Paul "Wrecking" Crewe is a former star pro football quarterback, who walks out on his wealthy girlfriend Melissa in Palm Beach, Florida. He takes her Maserati-engined Citroën SM without permission and leads police on a car chase, choreographed by Hal Needham. Crewe is eventually caught and sentenced to 18 months in Citrus State Prison.
Los Leones del ring (1974)
Directed by Chano Urueta
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Jorge Rivero, Rogelio Guerra, Sara García, Roberto Cañedo, Macaria
Macon County Line (1974)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Cheryl Waters, Max Baer Jr., Geoffrey Lewis, Doodles Weaver, Joan Blackman, Jesse Vint
In 1954 Macon County, Georgia, brothers Chris (Alan Vint) and Wayne Dixon (Jesse Vint), are on a two-week spree of cheap thrills throughout the South before their upcoming stint in the Air Force. A pair of Chicago transplants, Wayne applied for service when his brother Chris was given the option of military service or prison as the result of an earlier episode with the law. Driving through Louisiana, the brothers pick up hitchhiker Jenny Scott (Cheryl Waters), a pretty blond with a shady backstory that she would rather not discuss.
The Last Desperate Hours (1974)
Directed by Giorgio Stegani
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Antonio Sabàto, Silvia Monti, Pier Paolo Capponi, Nicoletta Rizzi, Toni Ucci, Peter Carsten
The Immortals (1974)
Directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu
Origin Roumanie
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Ion Besoiu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Jean Constantin, Gheorghe Dinică, Jean Constantin, Sergiu Nicolaescu
Netru Indru Naalai (1974)
, 2h34Genres Drama, Action
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Pandari Bai, Manjula Vijayakumar, Latha, Rajasree, S. A. Ashokan
Two swindlers, Nalasivam (V. K. Ramasamy) and Dayalan (Thengai Srinivasan) kill the wife (Pandari Bai) of the wealthy industrialist Manavalan Thangappapuram (M. G. Chakrapani).
Newman's Law (1974)
, 1h38Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors George Peppard, Roger Robinson, Eugene Roche, Gordon Pinsent, Abe Vigoda, Louis Zorich
Vince Newman, a no-nonsense cop, decides to investigate on his own when tipped off that colleagues in the police department are involved in a drug ring.
Nippulanti Manishi (1974)
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Latha, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Devika, Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao
The storyline is similar to that of the original Hindi film.
Open Season (1974)
, 1h46Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Transport films, Serial killer films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Peter Fonda, John Phillip Law, Richard Lynch, Frank Braña, Alberto de Mendoza, William Holden
Trois vétérans du Viêt Nam, accusés mais non condamnés pour viol, partent pour deux semaines de vacances. Sur la route, ils kidnappent un couple illégitime, Martin et sa maîtresse Nancy, et les emmènent dans une cabane de chasse, dans un coin reculé des rocheuses. Le couple sera progressivement avili, exposé à une brutalité autant physique que psychologique.
Policewomen (1974)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Sondra Currie, Tony Young, Misty Dawn, William Smith
Une femme flic infiltre un gang presque entièrement composé de femmes...
Puzzle (1974)
, 1h32Directed by Duccio Tessari
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Senta Berger, Luc Merenda, Umberto Orsini, Anita Strindberg, Bruno Corazzari, Tom Felleghy
Edward, à la suite d'un accident, a perdu la mémoire. Amnésique, il retourne en Italie retrouver son épouse, Sara, mais il découvre qu'elle a refait sa vie sans lui car elle a cru qu'il était mort. Il lui parle d'un télégramme qu'elle lui a envoyé mais elle nie en être la commanditaire. Elle est désormais professeure de natation, s'occupe d'un petit garçon qu'elle a pris en affection et elle a un amant. Peu de temps après son arrivée, le chien de sa femme est retrouvé égorgé et Sara est renversée par une voiture. Un inconnu, George, lui rend visite et lui affirme que son mari est un trafiquant de drogues qui a volé une importante somme d'argent avant son accident. Si Edward ne la rend pas, il la tuera.