70's Detective Movies
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- DirectorMichael FinkStarsJohnnie HillOwen WatsonEmerson BoozerThe female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out who's taking his action.
- DirectorDaryl DukeLeslie H. MartinsonStarsRoss MartinRichard HaydnLouise SorelCharlie Chan investigates a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.
- DirectorFons RademakersStarsBryan MarshallAlexandra StewartEdward JuddA gang of wealthy ne'er do wells rape and terrorize women for fun and force their husbands to watch. A police detective tries to catch them, but can he break their twisted loyalty to one another?
- DirectorBigas LunaStarsCarlos BallesterosPilar VelázquezMónica RandallWhen an unrecognizable corpse appears on a beach in Barcelona, a private investigator is hired to find out the identity of the dead man and to unveil what happened to him.
- DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnCharles CioffiA crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsJoe Don BakerDesi Arnaz Jr.Christine BelfordEarl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City, he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree, including the killing of a police officer.
- DirectorMilton KatselasStarsMichael MoriartyYaphet KottoSusan BlakelyPolice officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
- DirectorJorge FonsStarsIgnacio López TarsoJaime FernándezJosé AlonsoA watchman is murdered at a building site. The film narrates several versions of the people involved. Based on the Vicente Lenero novel.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardAnthony FranciosaHarper's a big-city PI, who travels to Louisiana to help an old girlfriend who's worried her husband will find out she's been cheating on him.
- DirectorDick RichardsStarsRobert MitchumCharlotte RamplingJohn IrelandLos Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsRichard DreyfussSusan AnspachBonnie BedeliaAn ex-'60s radical now working as a private eye is hired by an old flame to investigate a political smear campaign. The case becomes more dangerous as it unfolds.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsSidney PoitierMartin LandauBarbara McNairIn San Francisco, a high-priced call girl is murdered and the case is assigned to Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs.
- DirectorDon MedfordStarsSidney PoitierBarbara McNairGerald S. O'LoughlinIn San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsFabio TestiKarin BaalCristina GalbóA teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsAntonio SabatoUschi GlasPier Paolo CapponiA woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
- DirectorDavid GilerStarsGeorge SegalStéphane AudranLionel StanderThe son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get it.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsFrank SinatraMartin BalsamJay BlackWhen his partner is killed, NYC detective Frank Hovannes and his organized-crime squad go against the mob, despite strong objections from his superiors and the legal-departmental restrictions that hinder him.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsRod TaylorTheodore BikelSuzy KendallProfessional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
- DirectorKwok-Ming CheungStarsChung WangHing-Yin KamKwok-Keung CheungCops and Robbers depicts a city where ordinary citizens hold little trust for the police; far removed from the post-ICAC Hong Kong of today.
- DirectorHugo SantiagoStarsCatherine DeneuveSami FreyAntoine VitezYoung aristocrat Arnaud de Maule hires female private detective Claude Alphand to investigate a strange cult, the Church of the Final Revival, that tried to recruit his girlfriend Chloé, who then disappeared, and it now stalks him.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsOliver ReedDeborah RaffinJames MitchumA Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsGene HackmanJennifer WarrenEdward BinnsLos Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsElliott GouldRobert BlakeAllen GarfieldDefying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsMichael CaineNatalie WoodKitty WinnIn 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter of a shady client pursued by two dangerous goons. The case leads him to a rich oddball Beverly Hills family.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsElliott GouldNina van PallandtSterling HaydenPrivate investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn HustonA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
- DirectorMario BianchiStarsRobert WoodsFrank BrañaNieves NavarroFederal agent Alan Fields, undercover as Jonathan Pinkerton, an employee of Lloyds of London, is investigating a bank robbery where one of the three thieves has killed the other two to take possession of all the money.
- DirectorPhilip D'AntoniStarsRoy ScheiderTony Lo BiancoVictor ArnoldA tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsGene HackmanRoy ScheiderFernando ReyA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
- DirectorBo WiderbergStarsCarl-Gustaf LindstedtSven WollterThomas HellbergWhen a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.
- DirectorFernando Fernán GómezStarsFernando Fernán GómezJosé Luis López VázquezRosanna YanniTwo private detectives called Salomon (Fernando Fernan-Gomez) and Torcuato (Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez), are engaged in questionable conduct research and work reports
- DirectorRay Dennis StecklerStarsBunny AllisterTed RoyerBrett ZellerA woman tries to cope with having murdered her parents.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsLino VenturaMarlène JobertMichel ConstantinPolice inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas. The duo are soon assigned a very difficult mission: to find a man whose evidence is instrumental in convicting a murderer. They start searching throughout Paris...
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandHema MaliniPran SikandMonu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the goon and takes refuge in a car boot. Years later Sohan goes on to become a CID officer called Sohan Kumar, who solves his cases taking up different guises. He takes the identity of Johny a petty thief and gets himself in Jail, befriends Heera (Jeevan) and goes to solve a case wooing Rekha (Hema) and finding the criminal.
- DirectorYukio NodaStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyôji HayamaMachiko YashiroAn undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsGilbert WynneNorman ClaridgeGilly GrantDetective Harry Clegg must track down the crazed prostitute responsible for a string of murders.
- DirectorDon JonesStarsMaria ArnoldNeola GraefRuth KnoxA Detective on the hunt for the murderer of Robin questions all his old lovers about their relationships with him.
- DirectorRolf OlsenStarsCurd JürgensAndrea RauCorny CollinsA Hamburg police inspector investigates the crime of a homosexual in a love hotel, and although several guests are suspicious, his thoughts are elsewhere, as his own son lies on the operating table in a hospital, fighting for his life.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyôhei UchidaFumio WatanabeHayata is an undercover cop assigned to infiltrate not one, but two rival Yakuza gangs. Things get complicated when Hayata gets into a relationship with a young schoolteacher, the daughter of a fellow officer who was slain by one of the gangs.
- DirectorErik BallingStarsOve SprogøePoul BundgaardHelle VirknerA comedy about a Danish private detective, normally just occupied with cases about unfaithful spouses, is suddenly involved in murder, arms deal, revolution in Guateragua, briefcase full of money and the Danish intelligence agency.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHorst TappertWerner PetersHubert SuschkaRough-and-ready vice detective Perrak must follow 1000 leads during the investigation of a transvestite murder case. In a profoundly mysterious massage parlor he meets industrialist wife Claire Imhoff.
- DirectorDavid W. HansonGeorge MeadowsStarsDave HallerSandy O'HaraGarry AchziegerA depraved sex killer preys on women of ill repute in the red light district area of Boston, Massachusetts. Hard-nosed maverick private detective Gunner Sloan gets hired by the wealthy Fairchild to find the psycho after the creep attacks Fairchild's daughter Regina.
- StarsJeannie AndersonJan DavisPete DawsonPrivate Investigator Dead Eye Dick is the biggest Dick in Hollywood. He snoops around finding evidence on cheating husbands and doesn't care who he has to pump for information to get the job done.
- DirectorKnut BohwimStarsAud SchønemannArve OpsahlThorleif ReissCleaning lady Lilly Hansen finds her employer, managing director Martinsen, with a knife in his back. The police is summoned and Chief Inspector Bakker is put on the case, despite suffering from the flu. When he arrives at the scene, the body is gone, to Lilly Hansen's dismay. Shortly after a body is found in nearby Palace Park...
- DirectorMitr ChaibanchaStarsMitr ChaibanchaPetchara ChaowaratKanchit KwanprachaThe heroic Red Eagle must deal with an evil imposter who is the head of a deadly criminal gang known as the Red Bamboo. Meanwhile, an undercover cop must infiltrate the gang and stop them from killing government officials around the world through strange glowing artifacts
- DirectorKiyoshi NishimuraStarsYûzô KayamaJirô TamiyaMariko KagaA police inspector and Olympic sharpshooter (Kayama) is assigned to protect the president of "Southnesia" from assassination.
- DirectorPål Bang-HansenStarsRolv WesenlundTom TellefsenPer ChristensenDouglas is a slippery stuck-up policeman, working in the intelligence services, who thinks his status makes it ok to make other people's life miserable.
- DirectorLeody M. DiazStarsTony FerrerDivina ValenciaLeopoldo SalcedoThis movie was about an famous artist who's wife is kidnapped . His God son was a detective who fights the mob to rescue his wife.
- DirectorVictor di MelloStarsJosé VasconcelosElizabeth GasperMário BenvenuttiTwo friends live without knowing a most awkward situation: each one is the lover of the other's wife. Jealous, they hire the same private eye to track their women, who, of course, gets very embarassed by the situation, especially when the two couples rent rooms at the same hotel.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsJackson BeckPamela GruenAllen GarfieldPrivate detective takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
- DirectorJoël SériaStarsJeanne GoupilCatherine WagenerBernard DhéranTwo bored Catholic schoolgirls spending summer in the countryside decide to become Satanists, and begin committing a series of morbid and increasingly dangerous crimes.
- DirectorPhilippe LabroStarsJean-Louis TrintignantDominique SandaSacha DistelA strange series of murders are being committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissionaire Carella is in charge and tries desperately to find a missing link between all of these murders.
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsAlain DelonSimone SignoretOttavia PiccoloJohn, an escaped convict, takes refuge on the farm of Widow Couderc. He becomes the older woman's lover and admits that he's on the run. The widow's in-laws, who despise her,
- DirectorPaul MagwoodStarsWarren OatesLeslie CaronAlex DreierA hardboiled aging private eye is hired to find and protect a missing government witness sought after by the gangsters. The witness is a beautiful French woman and even the cops can't be trusted. The case is tough, but so is Chandler.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJane FondaDonald SutherlandCharles CioffiA small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
- DirectorTed PostStarsClint EastwoodHal HolbrookMitchell RyanInspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan pursues a conspiracy of vigilante cops, who are not above going beyond the law to kill San Francisco's undesirables.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJoe Don BakerElizabeth HartmanLeif GarrettBased on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, who almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsRobert MitchumSarah MilesRichard BooneGrizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsRaf ValloneFrank WolffGabriele TintiA compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.
- DirectorRomán ChalbaudStarsMiguel Ángel LandaEduardo SerranoRafael BriceñoBased on real events, it tells the story and recreates the events of the murder of a young woman in which his brother priest later turned out to be the main suspect.
- DirectorRomán ChalbaudStarsMiguel Ángel LandaAmérica AlonsoCarlos MárquezTell the story and recreate the kidnapping events of a child that shocked public opinion in Caracas, Venezuela, 1973.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsGeorge HiltonAnita StrindbergAlberto de MendozaAn insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsLuigi PistilliDagmar LassanderAnton DiffringA corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsPaul NaschyErika BlancÁngel ArandaA killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsGiovanna RalliClaudio CassinelliMario AdorfPolice investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
- DirectorColin HigginsStarsGoldie HawnChevy ChaseBurgess MeredithA San Francisco librarian picks up a hitchhiker whose car has broken down, which leads to her being stalked and hunted by shady individuals. A cop she briefly met during a function eventually comes to her rescue.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsKaren BlackBruce DernBarbara HarrisA phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJon FinchBarry FosterBarbara Leigh-HuntA serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsRyan O'NealBruce DernIsabelle AdjaniA getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
- DirectorLarry G. SpanglerStarsJack ElamRuth RomanJeff CooperA private detective travels out west to investigate the murders of several prostitutes, facing off against the reluctance of the town's grizzled sheriff, and several suspicious characters, each with something to hide.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
- DirectorRobert BentonStarsArt CarneyLily TomlinBill MacyA grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsPam GrierAustin StokerD'Urville MartinA Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsAlex RoccoHari RhodesVonetta McGeeAfter a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
- DirectorOssie DavisStarsGodfrey CambridgeRaymond St. JacquesCalvin LockhartTwo Harlem cops investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser.
- DirectorMark WarrenStarsGodfrey CambridgeRaymond St. JacquesPeter De AndaSequel to Cotton comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.
- DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnDrew Bundini BrownShaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsRichard RoundtreeFrank FinlayVonetta McGeePrivate investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.
- DirectorFred WilliamsonStarsFred WilliamsonCharles WoolfTracy ReedCrowder is a man who will do anything, if the price is right. He is a private detective with a past in the police force. A woman comes to his office one day and asks if he will find her husband. He takes the mission, but soon he gets into a lot of trouble with some gangsters.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsFred WilliamsonRosemary ForsythTeresa GravesPrivate detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsWalter MatthauBruce DernLouis Gossett Jr.In San Francisco, California, one victim in a mass murder is a police detective. His partner and a new partner investigate in the city's seamy side.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsGeorge C. ScottStacy KeachJane AlexanderAn idealistic rookie cop joins the L.A.P.D. to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
- DirectorGordon ParksStarsRon LeibmanDavid SelbySheila FrazierThe true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAl PacinoJohn RandolphJack KehoeAn honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAlbert FinneyLauren BacallIngrid BergmanIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsSean ConneryDyan CannonMartin BalsamAfter ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
- DirectorBarry ShearStarsAnthony QuinnYaphet KottoAnthony FranciosaTwo New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.
- DirectorRobert MooreStarsPeter FalkAlec GuinnessPeter SellersFive famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.
- DirectorRobert MooreStarsPeter FalkAnn-MargretEileen BrennanSan Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter UstinovMia FarrowSimon MacCorkindaleAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
- DirectorDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry GuardinoWhen a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
- DirectorJames FargoStarsClint EastwoodTyne DalyHarry GuardinoInspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockePat HingleA hard but mediocre cop is assigned to escort a prostitute into custody from Las Vegas to Phoenix, so that she can testify in a mob trial. But a lot of people are literally betting that they won't make it into town alive.
- DirectorRichard RushStarsAlan ArkinJames CaanLoretta SwitSan Francisco police detectives Freebie and Bean are determined to bust local crime boss Red Meyers at any cost, even if this means destroying the whole city in the process.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsLuc MerendaRichard ConteDelia BoccardoA police lieutenant suddenly faces the consequences of his choice to part for the local mobs.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsMarc PorelRay LovelockAdolfo CeliFred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy, who are licenced-to-kill, undercover cops who thrive on living dangerously.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SaxonRenzo PalmerA hardened cop is left for dead by the henchmen of a escapee gangster he had previously arrested, and upon recovery relentlessly pursues them.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsLuc MerendaRichard ConteSilvano TranquilliWhen his colleague is murdered by an organised criminal gang, a Milanese cop goes undercover to continue the investigation and single-handedly destroy the organization from within.
- DirectorDewitt LeeStarsBroderick CrawfordRachel RomenGordon JumpAn unseen mastermind has abducted the only son of a wealthy widower. Using the most sophisticated electronic devices available, the kidnapper manages to elude the police - and coerce the widower to pay his million dollar ransom.
- DirectorYukio NodaStarsMiki SugimotoEiji GôTetsurô TanbaAfter a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, a brutal policewoman is released from jail and sent after them.