Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
McQ (1974)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur…
- John Wayne plays it tough in this neo–noir as a grizzled Seattle cop investigating the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the…
Melissa (TV Mini-series) (1974)
- Dir. Peter Moffatt
Feat. Peter Barkworth, Moira Redmond
- Riveting BBC mystery thriller series adapted from the Francis Durbridge novel that tells the tale of a husband who begins to uncover the mysterious…
Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam…
- Extravagent production of Agatha Christie's mystery with Albert Finney as Poirot rounding up an all–star cast of suspects.
Nuits Rouges (1974)
- Dir. Georges Franju
Feat. Jacques Champreux, Gayle Hunnicutt
- Another Franju masked adventure launched from Louis Feuillade serials and his own excellent JUDEX, only this time in filmed in a garish, exagerrated…
Odessa File, The (1974)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell…
- Jon Voight plays a German journalist on the trail of Nazi war criminals. From Frederic Forsyth's bestseller.
Parallax View, The (1974)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, Paula Prentiss
- Intelligent, stylish paranoia thriller with Warren Beatty as a renegade reporter investigating an unfolding political conspiracy involving a covert…
Rockford Files, The (TV Series) (1974-1975)
- Feat. James Garner, Noah Jr. Beery, Joe Santos…
- In the spirit of 'Cold Case' this detective thriller series stars James Garner as an easy going plaid jacket attired investigator pursuing unsolved…
Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
- Dir. Jerry Thorpe
Feat. David Janssen, Jodie Foster, Andrea Marcovicci
- David Janssen plays a cop turned private sleuth who is on the trail of the psychopath who is targeting his ex–partner's supermodel daughter.
Taking of Pelham 123, The (1974)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Robert Shaw, Walter Matthau, Martin Balsam…
- Superlative '70s heist movie – four gunmen hi–jack a train and threaten to kill one passenger for every minute the ransom is late. Taut,…
Tamarind Seed, The (1974)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle…
- Languid romantic thriller plays out against the backdrop of the Cold War looming. Andrews plays a British civil servant on holiday in the Caribbean…