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The Best Crime Dramas of the 1970s that dorrk Hasn't Seen or Ranked

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Straight Time 1978, 114 min.

Ulu Grosbard • Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Harry Dean Stanton

Caper • Crime Drama • Crime

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The American Friend 1977, 125 min.

Wim Wenders • Starring: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Nicholas Ray

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller

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Mikey and Nicky 1976, 119 min.

Elaine May • Starring: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, William Hickey

Crime Drama • Crime • Drama

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Vengeance is Mine 1979, 140 min.

Shôhei Imamura • Starring: Chocho Miyako, Mitsuko Baisho, Mayumi Ogawa

Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Drama • Crime

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Across 110th Street 1972, 102 min.

Barry Shear • Starring: Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa

Blaxploitation • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller

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The Harder They Come 1972, 120 min.

Perry Henzell • Starring: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw

Crime Drama • Crime • Drama

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Gone in 60 Seconds 1974, 105 min.

H.B. Halicki • Starring: Marion Busia, H.B. Halicki, Parnelli Jones

Action • Action Thriller • Carsploitation

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Black Caesar 1973, 87 min.

Larry Cohen • Starring: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund

Blaxploitation • Crime Drama • Crime

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Electra Glide in Blue 1973, 114 min.

James William Guercio • Starring: Robert Blake, Jeannine Riley, Billy Green Bush

Biker Film • Crime Drama • Crime

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Murder by Decree 1979, 124 min.

Bob Clark • Starring: Christopher Plummer, Geneviève Bujold, James Mason

Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime

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Super Fly 1972, 93 min.

Gordon Parks Jr. • Starring: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier

Blaxploitation • Crime Drama • Crime

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Scum 1979, 98 min.

Alan Clarke • Starring: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth

Crime • Crime Drama • Drama

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The Late Show 1977, 94 min.

Robert Benton • Starring: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy

Comedy Drama • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller

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The Offence 1972, 112 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant

Crime • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller

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The Onion Field 1979, 122 min.

Harold Becker • Starring: John Savage, James Woods, Ted Danson

Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Drama • Crime

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The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1973, 99 min.

Kinji Fukasaku • Starring: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka

Crime Drama • Crime • Drama

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Boxcar Bertha 1972, 88 min.

Martin Scorsese • Starring: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller

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Walking Tall 1973, 125 min.

Phil Karlson • Starring: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Gene Evans

Action • Crime • Crime Drama

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Helter Skelter 1976, 194 min.

Tom Gries • Starring: George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe

Based-on-a-True-Story • Courtroom Drama • Crime

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The Mack 1973, 110 min.

Michael Campus • Starring: Roger E. Mosley, Richard Pryor, Max Julien

Blaxploitation • Crime Drama • Crime

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