Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2200 Films to Buy & Rent
Earthquake (1975)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene…
- The earth moves for Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Green, Richard Roundtree, Genevieve Bujold and the rest of LA in this 70s Disaster opus. Good…
Eiger Sanction, The (1975)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee
- Star/director Eastwood plays a mountaineering, art–loving version of James Bond in this bumbling thriller.
Lame dialogue and cool threads…
French Connection 2, The (1975)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson…
- Hackman reprises his role as Lt. Doyle, where unfinished business leads him to perilous encounters on French soil.
Great Waldo Pepper, The (1975)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Robert Redford, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon
- Rousing aviation film following Waldo Pepper (Redford), a former WW1 flight–instructor who takes up extreme stunt flying in order to make up…
Hard Times (Street Fighter) (1975)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland…
- During the Great Depression Charles Bronson fights economic gloom with his fists in this invigorating punch–fest from the action ace Walter…
Hindenburg, The (1975)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton…
- Tense thriller follows the last flight of the Hindenburg airship from Nazi Germany to New York in 1937, where it notoriously burst into flames upon…
Huckleberry Finn (1975)
- Dir. Robert Totten
Feat. Ron Howard, Royal Dano, Antonio Fargas…
- Fairly straightforward version of Mark Twain's best–loved book, with Howard playing Huck with freckled charm. Avoids some of the darker…
Hustle (1975)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Eddie Albert…
- A case–hardened Los Angeles detective finds himself drawn into a dark, complex puzzle involving the death of a teenage girl, but his…
Killer Elite, The (1975)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Robert Duvall, James Caan
- Minor Peckinpah shoot–em–up with mercenary Duvall double–crossing partner Caan. Gripping finale, though.
Man Friday (1975)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier
- Spin–off on the Defoe classic, "Robinson Crusoe", updated with Man Friday revolting against white supremacy and engaging in a conflict with…