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Foreign Exchange (1970)
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Horton, Sebastian Cabot, Jill St John, Dudley Foster, Eric Pohlmann, Timothy Bateson
The Swordsman (1974)
Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
Genres Action
Actors Linda Marlowe, Alan Lake, Noel Johnson, Peter Halliday, David Robb
Harriet Zapper est une femme aux talents de combattante uniques : elle est spécialiste du maniement de l'épée et peut pratiquer le karaté, la boxe et le judo. Et elle porte deux revolvers magnum .357 pour une protection supplémentaire. Lorsqu'une série d'assassinats sanglants a lieu, elle doit retrouver le cerveau derrière ces crimes. Elle se retrouve dans le sud de la France, dans un nid de corruption, de trahison et de meurtre...
Genres Fantasy, Action, Animation
Actors Chikao Ōtsuka, Gorō Naya, Isamu Tanonaka, Kōsei Tomita, Junpei Takiguchi, Kenji Utsumi
L'histoire se situe 33 générations après les premières aventures d'Ali Baba et depuis les rôles se sont inversés : le descendant d'Ali Baba règne sur le royaume en tyran. Heureusement, un jeune et courageux garçon - aidé par 38 chats et une souris - va oser l'affronter pour mettre fin à sa folie dévastatrice. Malheureusement le dictateur détient encore une arme, le génie de la lampe, mais celui-ci est sujet à une phobie bien particulière...
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
, 2h40Directed by Hideo Gosha
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Matsumoto Kōshirō IX, Tetsurō Tanba, Keiko Matsuzaka, Junko Miyashita
Une force spéciale de la police impériale constituée de samouraïs est mise sur pied pour lutter contre le crime. Son ennemi n° 1 : Nizaemon Kumokiri, un bandit de grand chemin dont personne ne connaît la véritable identité, qui multiplie les cambriolages audacieux dans les demeures des riches commerçants.
Street Mobster (1972)
, 1h32Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Ando, Asao Koike, Hideo Murota, Takeo Chii, Nenji Kobayashi
Le narrateur (Okita) se présente rapidement au spectateur. Il raconte son enfance difficile et la manière dont lui et son gang gagnait de l'argent. Refusant de payer les Takigawa qui contrôlent la ville, Okita les attaque au couteau et est envoyé en prison pour cela. La violence dont il fait preuve lui permet d'obtenir le statut de chef parmi les détenus.
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)
Directed by Norifumi Suzuki
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Yōko Mihara, Asao Koike, Nobuo Kaneko, Seizō Fukumoto
Escape to the Sun (1972)
, 1h58Directed by Menahem Golan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Laurence Harvey, Josephine Chaplin, Lila Kedrova, John Ireland, Jack Hawkins, Clive Revill
A group of people wish to flee the Soviet Union to escape anti-semitism and political repression, but their activities soon attract the attention of the KGB secret police. The film is based on a short story by author Uri Dan, and in turn based loosely on the events of the June 1970 "Leningrad hijack affair", in which a group of mostly Jews and two non-Jews unsuccessfully attempted to steal Soviet airplane and fly it to freedom.
Directed by Hal Seeger, Jack Zander
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Superhero films, Space opera
Actors Bob McFadden, Jack Mercer, Corinne Orr
Professor Morbid Grimsby is an evil genius who has won the prestigious "Meanie" award six years in a row; to guarantee a seventh, he plots to eliminate all laughter by getting rid of the Sunday funnies, with the aid of his henchman Brutus.
...And Millions Die! (1973)
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Richard Basehart, Susan Strasberg, Rowena Wallace, Joseph Fürst, Leslie Nielsen
The Champion (1973)
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Chin Han, Blackie Ko
Un maître d'arts martiaux récemment emprisonné fait équipe avec une femme lésée pour abattre le frère du maître, qui dirige une petite ville avec une main de fer.
Showdown (1973)
, 1h39Directed by James Fargo, George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Rock Hudson, Victor Mohica, Dean Martin, Susan Clark, Donald Moffat, John McLiam
Childhood friends Billy Massey and Chuck Jarvis go in opposite directions after Chuck ends up married to Billy's former sweetheart. Billy becomes a bank robber, Chuck a lawman. But they end up joining forces against common enemies in a final showdown.
Thomasine & Bushrod (1974)
Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., Gordon Parks Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Max Julien, Glynn Turman, Juanita Moore, George Murdock, Vonetta McGee, Jason Bernard
Vonetta McGee plays Thomasine and Max Julien plays Bushrod in a film intended as a counterpart to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
, 1h37Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors John Astin, Milton Berle, Pamela Austin, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West", so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson), attempts to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for repeatedly robbing him, and sets out to hire legendary retired singing-sheriff Marshal Bing Bell (Dick Shawn) to bring Slade to justice.
The Hanged Man (1974)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Steve Forrest, Dean Jagger, Cameron Mitchell, Will Geer, Sharon Acker, BarBara Luna
Having survived his own hanging, hired killer James Devlin turns over a new leaf, defending a widow and her son from an avaricious land baron.
The Mark of Zorro (1974)
, 1h18Directed by Don McDougall
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Superhero films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalbán, Gilbert Roland, Louise Sorel, Anne Archer, Yvonne De Carlo
The plot follows the 1940 version almost scene-for-scene. In the 1840s, the foppish Don Diego Dela Vega returns from Spain to his family in California to find that his father has been replaced as ruler of the area by the cruel ruler Don Luis Quintero. Despite being a skilled swordsman, Diego downplays his skills in front of the evil Captain Esteban and shows himself to be rather a clown in front of his family. However, Diego secretly picks up the sword of justice as Zorro and fights to return justice to the region and his people.