Genre: Action Thrillers
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Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Cast: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Larry Peerce
An assassin lies in wait for the president at a football playoff game, and when he goes on a killing spree, it's up to two cops (played by John Cassavetes and Charlton Heston) to calm…
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The Sell-Out (1976)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed, Gayle Hunnicutt …
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Retired CIA operative Sam Lucas (Richard Widmark) discovers that he's been involuntarily reactivated. He reluctantly returns to espionage at the urging of his protégé and…
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Black Sister's Revenge (1976)
Cast: Jerri Hayes, Ernest Williams II, Charles D. Brooks III …
Directed by: Jamaa Fanaka
Jerri Hayes stars as Emma Mae, a woman hell-bent on springing the man she loves from jail -- even if she has to pull off a bank heist to do it. But is her man worth it, especially since…
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Gator (1976)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton …
Directed by: Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds reprises his role as Gator, an ex-criminal-turned-crime-fighter, in this 1976 sequel to the movie White Lightning. This time around, Gator's after a band of corrupt…
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The Big Racket (1976)
Cast: Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer …
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Sent to a small Italian village to look into an extortion case, officer Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi) finds the townsfolk -- bullied by drug lords and thugs -- reluctant to talk. Things really…
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East End Hustle (1976)
Cast: Allan Moyle, Andrée Pelletier, Louis Di Bianco …
Directed by: Frank Vitale
Filmmakers Frank Vitale and Allan Moyle (who worked together on Montreal Main and Rubber Gun) try their hand at the sexploitation genre with this sleazy shocker about Montreal sex workers who…
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Fatal Assassin (1976)
Cast: Anthony Quinn, John Phillip Law, Simon Sabela …
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Checked into a South African hospital after surviving an assassination attempt, tribal leader Lunda (Simon Sabela) is soon kidnapped for ransom by Ernest Hobday (Anthony Quinn), an ailing…
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The Next Man (1976)
Cast: Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Sean Connery stars as progressive Arab diplomat Khalil Abdul-Muhsen, a man who wants to make peace with Israel and admit the nation as a member of OPEC. But Khalil's plan gets…
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Dixie Dynamite (1976)
Cast: R.G. Armstrong, Christopher George, Warren Oates …
Directed by: Lee Frost
When the crooked town sheriff (Christopher George) guns down their moonshine-making father, sisters Dixie (Jane Anne Johnstone) and Patsy (Kathy McHaley) go on the warpath against the law and…
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The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen …
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Boasting a sprawling disaster-movie cast (including Martin Sheen, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster and O.J. Simpson), The Cassandra Crossing is like Murder on the Orient Express -- on steroids!…
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Embryo (1976)
Cast: Barbara Carrera, Ralph Nelson, Rock Hudson …
In this sci-fi thriller, Rock Hudson plays insular scientist Paul Holliston, who discovers a way to hasten the human growth process, allowing embryos to mature to adulthood in scant days.…
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Jaws (1975)
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Director Steven Spielberg virtually invented the summer blockbuster with this white-knuckle adaptation of Peter Benchley's novel about an insatiable great white shark that terrorizes the…
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The French Connection II (1975)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson …
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
This sequel picks up where the original film left off, with narcotics officer Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) still searching for elusive drug kingpin Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey).…
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Soul Vengeance (1975)
Cast: Marlo Monte, Reatha Grey, Stan Kamber …
Directed by: Jamaa Fanaka
After enduring police brutality -- and an endless onslaught of inhumane experiments in prison -- Charles Murray (Marlo Monte) is armed with an unusual weapon, and now he's ready to use…
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Brannigan (1975)
Cast: James Booth, Lesley-Anne Down, Mel Ferrer …
Directed by: Douglas Hickox
Taking a cue from Coogan's Bluff, John Wayne is Lt. Jim Brannigan, a tough Chicago lawman who arrives in London on the trail of a fugitive crime boss (John Vernon). Scotland Yard's…
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The Bullet Train (1975)
Cast: Ken Takakura, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Utsui …
Directed by: Junya Sato
The idea for the blockbuster American film Speed didn't come out of thin air, as evidenced by this Japanese predecessor. A crazed man (Ken Takakura) has deposited an explosive device on…
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Breakout (1975)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, John Huston …
Directed by: Tom Gries
When American businessman Jay Wagner (Robert Duvall) lands in a Mexican jail after being framed for murder by his shady grandfather (John Huston), Jay's wife (Jill Ireland) hires…
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Goodbye, Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death (1975)
Cast: Bruce Lee, Bruce Li, Mung Ping …
Directed by: Pin Lin, Harold B. Swartz
Starring Lee Roy Lung (also known as Bruce Li), Lung Fei and San Moo, this film centers on a young man who bears a striking resemblance to the late Bruce Lee. Nimble gymnast and kung fu…
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Gambling City (1975)
Cast: Luc Merenda, Dayle Haddon, Corrado Pani …
Directed by: Sergio Martino
Cardsharp Luca Altieri (Luc Merenda) is cleaning up in Milan's private casinos. But his winning streak attracts attention from the underworld's most powerful kingpin (Enrico Maria…
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G.I. Executioner (1975)
Cast: Tom Keena, Victoria Racimo, Angelique Pettyjohn …
Directed by: Joel M. Reed
Although he calls himself a freelance journalist, Vietnam vet Dave Dearborn (Tom Keena) has the luxury of being a millionaire and spends his time operating a disco in the Singapore harbor.…
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Stateline Motel (1975)
Cast: Ursula Andress, Eli Wallach, Fabio Testi …
Joe (Eli Wallach) and Floyd (Fabio Testi) have just committed the perfect jewel heist. But the plan unravels when Floyd is forced to hide out in a motel, where he must contend with the…
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Bullet Train (1975)
Cast: Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, Kei Yamamoto …
Directed by: Junya Sato
The idea for the blockbuster American film Speed didn't come out of thin air, as evidenced by this Japanese predecessor. A crazed man (Ken Takakura) has deposited an explosive device on…
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The Human Factor (1975)
Cast: George Kennedy, John Mills, Rita Tushingham …
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
When terrorists kill his beloved family, NATO computer expert John Kinsdale (George Kennedy) fights back by using his technical know-how to track them down and make them pay. Trying their…
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Boss (1975)
Cast: Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin, William Smith …
Directed by: Jack Arnold
When African-American bounty hunters Boss (Fred Williamson) and Amos (D'Urville Martin) pursue an outlaw into a remote frontier settlement, Boss stirs up a hornet's nest of protest…
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The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this action adventure as a former hit man summoned from retirement to "sanction" (assassinate) an enemy spy. With government secrets stolen and a U.S.…