70 spari in città: l'era del poliziesco all'italiana
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1. Almost Human (1974)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small-time homicidal maniac kidnaps a young heiress, prompting a cop to pursue him before he can kill the girl once the hefty ransom is paid.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Laura Belli, Gino Santercole
Votes: 2,906
2. Young, Violent, Dangerous (1976)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In this riveting Italian exploitation thriller, three young men embark upon a terrifying series of bloody crimes, engaging in robbery, gunplay, and murder. As the entire police force ... See full summary »
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Stefano Patrizi, Benjamin Lev, Max Delys, Eleonora Giorgi
Votes: 557
3. Caliber 9 (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf, Frank Wolff
Votes: 4,714
4. La mano spietata della legge (1973)
100 min | Crime, Thriller
A crime boss is assassinated and witnesses to the crime are subsequently killed. A no-nonsense policeman decides to take the law into his own hands in bringing these criminals to justice.
Director: Mario Gariazzo | Stars: Philippe Leroy, Antonio Monselesan, Silvia Monti, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 170
5. The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)
102 min | Action, Crime
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Giuseppe Pambieri, John Steiner, Venantino Venantini
Votes: 128
6. Double Game (1977)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Drugs, murders, robberies. In Turin, violence is an everyday fact of life, but a mysterious vigilante starts cleaning up the streets. In fact, the killer is a cop, Moretti, who went ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Ausino | Stars: George Hilton, Emanuele Cannarsa, Giuseppe Alotta, Annarita Grapputo
Votes: 246
7. Tony, l'altra faccia della Torino violenta (1980)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A kind-hearted vagabond, Tony, is being targeted by a gang when he tries to stop a kidnapping. He must turn to his friend, police Santini, and use their wits to survive.
Director: Carlo Ausino | Stars: Emanuele Cannarsa, Giuseppe Alotta, Paul Teitcheid, Nicole Florì
Votes: 78
8. Execution Squad (1972)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
This is a story of a secret organization of former police officers, who go beyond the law, to kill notorious criminals without trial. One police inspector, (Enrico Maria Salerno) tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Mariangela Melato, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 842
9. Convoy Busters (1978)
101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high ... See full summary »
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Olga Karlatos, Massimo Serato, Mario Feliciani
Votes: 451
10. Violent Milan (1976)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang pulls a robbery, which goes seriously awry. In their eagerness to escape they start shooting and it turns into a bloodbath, after which they take hostages in their escape attempt. ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Claudio Cassinelli, Elio Zamuto, Silvia Dionisio
Votes: 324
11. Violent Rome (1975)
89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of... See full summary »
Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Richard Conte, Silvano Tranquilli, Ray Lovelock
Votes: 691
12. Sbirro, la tua legge è lenta... la mia... no! (1979)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Commissioner Ferro of the Interpol service in Paris, is recalled to Italy for a series of murders of financiers and lawyers.
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Mario Merola, Carmen Scarpitta, Massimo Dapporto
Votes: 142
13. The Violent Four (1968)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Don Backy, Ray Lovelock, Ezio Sancrotti
Votes: 874
14. Torino nera (1972)
105 min | Drama, Crime
Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Andrea Balestri, Domenico Santoro, Françoise Fabian, Marcel Bozzuffi
Votes: 391
15. Weapons of Death (1977)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police commissioner tries to bring a gangster to justice as the kingpin's out-of-control crimes set even his own underworld allies against him.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Leonard Mann, Ida Galli, Henry Silva, Jeff Blynn
Votes: 532
16. Violent Naples (1976)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An uncompromising cop gets transferred to Naples on account of this city's atrocious crime levels. His no-hold-barred police methods are considered to be the perfect anti-dote.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, John Saxon, Barry Sullivan, Elio Zamuto
Votes: 1,138
17. The Hallucinating Trip (1975)
94 min | Action, Crime
After a petty thief steals a valuable tobacco box, he quickly becomes entangled in a dangerous web involving the police and the Mafia.
Director: Lucio Marcaccini | Stars: Bud Cort, Marcel Bozzuffi, Guido Alberti, Ennio Balbo
Votes: 165
18. A Special Cop in Action (1976)
101 min | Thriller, Action, Crime
A crime syndicate starts a crime wave in Turin, they rob a bank, taking a hostage to get away from Police Inspector Betti and Ferrari, his partner. However, the hostage turned out to be their accomplice in disguise.
Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Raymond Pellegrin, John Saxon, Mirella D'Angelo
Votes: 586
19. Street Law (1974)
76 min | Action, Thriller
An engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete, Barbara Bach, Renzo Palmer
Votes: 1,769
20. High Crime (1973)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A righteous police inspector matches wits with a powerful Italian drug ring, all while key suspects and those closest to him begin to die in more-or-less equal measure.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, Fernando Rey, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo
Votes: 1,112
21. The Italian Connection (1972)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 2,856
22. The Boss (1973)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Henry Silva, Richard Conte, Gianni Garko, Antonia Santilli
Votes: 2,336
23. Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Based on an actual event "The Kidnap Syndicate" is the story of two boys, one from a rich family and the other from a poor family, who are kidnapped and held for ransom.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Luc Merenda, James Mason, Irina Maleeva, Marino Masé
Votes: 900
24. Rome: The Other Side of Violence (1976)
99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four bandits kidnap a villa: the maid calls the police and Commissioner Ferreri immediately warns Commissioner Carli, who orders the patrols to chase the four.
Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Marcel Bozzuffi, Anthony Steffen, Ennio Girolami, Jean Favre
Votes: 208
25. Shoot First, Die Later (1974)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A police lieutenant suddenly faces the consequences of his choice to part for the local mobs.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Luc Merenda, Richard Conte, Delia Boccardo, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 996
26. Il giorno del Cobra (1980)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses... See full summary »
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, Sybil Danning, Mario Maranzana, Licinia Lentini
Votes: 577
27. Hot Stuff (1976)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop pursues the Mob for revenge as well as personal honor.
Director: Giuseppe Rosati | Stars: Maurizio Merli, James Mason, Raymond Pellegrin, Silvia Dionisio
Votes: 328
28. Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama
In a city rife with corruption, a cynical police captain clashes with an idealistic district attorney as they attempt to nab an elusive Mafia boss.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Claudio Gora
Votes: 1,745
29. How to Kill a Judge (1975)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Françoise Fabian, Pierluigi Aprà, Giancarlo Badessi
Votes: 655
30. The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
106 min | Crime, Thriller
An architect jailed for a traffic violation discovers the grim reality of life behind bars, including corrupt staff and inmates, an inhuman judicial system, and the power of the Mafia.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Riccardo Cucciolla, Georges Wilson, John Steiner
Votes: 726
31. Rabid Dogs (1974)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Lea Lander, George Eastman, Riccardo Cucciolla, Don Backy
Votes: 5,261
32. Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Fred 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.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Marc Porel, Ray Lovelock, Adolfo Celi, Franco Citti
Votes: 1,647
33. Blood, Sweat and Fear (1975)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious narcotics agent relentlessly pursues a wealthy industrialist responsible for a large-scale drug operation.
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Franco Gasparri, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Sperati, Giorgio Albertazzi
Votes: 227
34. No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973)
98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the eyewitness to a brutal murder decides not to testify, the actual murderer chooses to finger him as the murderer and claim eyewitness status for himself.
Director: Vittorio Salerno | Stars: Enzo Cerusico, Riccardo Cucciolla, Junie Vetusto, Claudio Nicastro
Votes: 521
35. Brothers Till We Die (1978)
100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A hunchbacked gangster is betrayed by his gang during a robbery, and plots his revenge with the help of his no-good brother.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Pino Colizzi, Isa Danieli, Guido Leontini
Votes: 820
36. Rulers of the City (1976)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Two small-time hoodlums plot to get even with a treacherous boss who is intent on monopolizing all criminal activity within Rome.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Jack Palance, Al Cliver, Harry Baer, Gisela Hahn
Votes: 1,128
37. Fearless (1978)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An Italian private investigator tries to get to the bottom of a suspicious kidnapping case with the help of an exotic dancer.
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Joan Collins, Franco Ressel, Werner Pochath
Votes: 420
38. The Iron Commissioner (1978)
82 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Comissioneer Mariani leads investigates a group of kidnappers.
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Janet Agren, Ettore Manni, Chris Avram
Votes: 295
39. The Left Hand of the Law (1975)
101 min | Crime, Drama
After a couple of special squad cops are gunned down while chasing some kidnappers, the head of the squad takes it really personally. His violent path to find the kidnappers leads him to the upper echelons of the government.
Director: Giuseppe Rosati | Stars: Leonard Mann, James Mason, Antonella Murgia, Fausto Tozzi
Votes: 158
40. Squadra antiscippo (1976)
TV-MA | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Guido Mannari
Votes: 827
41. La legge violenta della squadra anticrimine (1976)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mobster kills a cop during a robbery so he finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: John Saxon, Lee J. Cobb, Renzo Palmer, Lino Capolicchio
Votes: 193
42. I gabbiani volano basso (1978)
97 min | Adventure, Crime
An ex-Vietnam vet is forced to become a hit-man and gets caught in the middle of a conspiracy.
Director: Giorgio Cristallini | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Nathalie Delon, Mel Ferrer, Dagmar Lassander
Votes: 135
43. La violenza: Quinto potere (1972)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
Taking place almost entirely during a murder trial, the film details in significant detail the deep roots sunk by organized crime in the business and political life of Sicily.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Gastone Moschin, Riccardo Cucciolla, Mario Adorf
Votes: 109
44. Poliziotti violenti (1976)
94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Paratrooper officer Altieri and police commissioner Tosi investigate the case of criminals who use modern machine guns that disappeared from an army unit. The investigation leads them to a conspiracy of high military ranks.
Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Henry Silva, Antonio Sabato, Silvia Dionisio, Ettore Manni
Votes: 239
45. La polizia ha le mani legate (1975)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a crowded hotel in downtown Milan a bomb has been planted. The timer on its detonator has only minutes to run. A young cop discovers it by accident and is drawn into a terrifying nightmare of intrigue, brutality and ruthless killing.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Claudio Cassinelli, Arthur Kennedy, Franco Fabrizi, Sara Sperati
Votes: 473
46. 4 Billion in 4 Minutes (1976)
92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two criminals organize an ingenious blow to a Genoese bank, subtracting 4 billion lire. The police immediately suspect Francesco Vitale, the lawyer's code name, an elegant and intelligent thief.
Director: Gianni Siragusa | Stars: Antonio Sabato, John Richardson, Vassili Karis, Attilio Severini
Votes: 33
47. Genova a mano armata (1976)
92 min | Crime, Thriller
The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.
Director: Mario Lanfranchi | Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Maud Adams, Adolfo Celi, Barbara Vittoria Calori
Votes: 92
48. The Manhunt (1975)
90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man's daughter is killed by thieves during a bank robbery. Due to the incompetence of the corrupt authorities, he decides to take to law into his own hands and track down the killers.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Henry Silva, Luciana Paluzzi, Silvano Tranquilli, Claudio Gora
Votes: 351
49. Illustrious Corpses (1976)
PG | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 2,797
50. Death Occurred Last Night (1970)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Raf Vallone, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Tinti, Gillian Bray
Votes: 721
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