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.