Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3195 Films to Buy & Rent
Frenzy (1972)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster…
- Hitchcock's last really great thriller, concerning a Cockney strangler plaguing the streets of London and setting up Jon Finch as the wrong man.…
Fright (1972)
- Dir. Peter Collinson
Feat. Honor Blackman, Susan George, Dennis Waterman…
- A 'babysitter in peril' suspenser set around the menacing of Blackman by an escaped mental patient. Not bad as a precursor to the 'slasher' genre.
Godfather, The (1972)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro…
- Adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel is a vivid and immaculately staged chronicle of a Sicilian family's ascension to NY gangland dominance. Seamlessly…
Gumshoe (1972)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay…
- Paying sly homage to Bogart, Chandler and Hammett, this sly detective spoof is the directorial debut of prolific British director Stephen Frears.…
Hammer (1972)
- Dir. Bruce D. Clark
Feat. Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee…
- Blaxploitation film about a hotheaded dock worker who rises up the ranks as a boxer, but his manager has links with the mafia and soon his girlfriend…
Images (1972)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Susannah York, Cathryn Harrison
- A stark and daring portrait of descending madness, Susannah York gives a seismic performance as a woman troubled by disturbing hallucinations. Filmed…
Inheritor, The (L'Heritier) (1972)
- Dir. Philippe Labro
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carla Gravina, Jean Rochefort
- Shadowy thriller in which a wealthy industrialist dies in an air crash but his son suspects foul play. Soon he finds his own life in peril.
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Lord Peter Wimsey (TV Series) (1972)
- Feat. Ian Carmichael
- Dorothy L. Sayers's archetypal British gentleman detective sleuths murders and crimes of passions in this sophisticated and subtly satirical BBC…
Moonstone, The (1972)
- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Kathleen Byron, Robin Ellis, Basil Dignam…
- Atmospheric whodunit drama, based on the Wilkie Collins novel, which tells the tale of an investigation into the theft of a precious Indian jewel…
Night Stalker, The / Night Strangler, The (1972-1973)
- Dir. John Llewellyn Moxey, Dan Curtis
Feat. Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland…
- Two excellent and groundbreaking tele–movies from the early 70s starring Darren McGavin as wise–cracking 'regular guy' reporter Carl…