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- DirectorAnthony M. LanzaStarsJay SaldiDrew PearsonThomas HendersonFour Vietnam veterans return from war, go to college, and work part-time collecting unpaid bills (and getting into fights). Starring four prominent Dallas Cowboys from the 70s: Jay Saldi, Drew Pearson, Thomas Henderson and Ed Jones.
- DirectorRomain GaryStarsStephen BoydJean SebergJames MasonInterpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGeorge KennedyVonetta McGeeClassical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsMichael CaineDonald PleasenceDelphine SeyrigA British agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
- DirectorJoe ViolaStarsCarmen ArgenzianoAndrea CaganMargaret MarkovHot action and lust in the steamy tropical jungle, as heroines break out of a women's prison and start a local revolution.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsVince EdwardsChuck ConnorsNeville BrandLos Angeles detectives Minelli and Blake must track down a serial rapist who may know the identity of a mentally disturbed bomber.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsLee MarvinGene HackmanSissy SpacekA vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Top enforcer Nick Devlin is sent to straighten things out.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonMartin BalsamJack ColvinA top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
- DirectorLarry YustStarsKiel MartinMel StewartDallas Edward HayesTwo Phildelphia con men try to evade gangsters they have conned and cops who are trying to put them in jail.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsFred WilliamsonRosemary ForsythTeresa GravesPrivate detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsRyan O'NealBruce DernIsabelle AdjaniA getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
- DirectorDavid BerlatskyStarsGary ConwayAngel TompkinsMichael DanteKyle Martin returns as a silver star hero, but realizes running a one man farm is not profitable, and the bank wants to foreclose, despite returning as a hero. Then a gambler Johnny has a car accident near his farm, in which Kyle saves his life, in which Johnny offers him 1,5000 dollars, which still isn't enough to save the farm. Then when Johnny past-post on a horse race for over $50,000, angering local mobster Passini as he and his three henchmen kills Johnny's bodyguard and then blinds Johnny's eyes with acid to "make a example out of him", Johnny asks his girl Betty to ask Kyle to kill Prassini and his men one by one for $50,000, the money he needs to save his farm, which sets the path for revenge.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsGeorge LazenbyBen CarruthersRobin HunterA lifelong mercenary commander and weapons expert played by George Lazenby is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind the operation.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsOliver ReedJill St. JohnIan McShaneImprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.
- DirectorMichael CarrerasMonte HellmanStarsStuart WhitmanLung TiLily LiShatter, an international hitman, is hiding out in Hong Kong after he has completed a contract out on an African leader. Shatter soon finds out that everyone wants him dead, including the crime syndicate, the cops and the brother of the African leader he killed. Shatter teams up with a kung fu expert to try to get the money that is owed to him. Various double crosses and fight scenes ensue.
- DirectorRoland KlickStarsCharly WierczejewskiEva MattesMichael DegenWilli is a street kid trying to make a living with petty crimes. He befriends both a journalist who wants to help him make an honest living and an older petty criminal looking for a quick buck.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsRufusPaul CrauchetAlexandra StewartTom is a secretary for an association which aims to free political prisoners. Skipping from inaction he plans and kills dictator Anton Caras. Arrested he ends up in a jail full of political prisoners for whose freedom he had been working. Eventually he manages to escape but only one would follow him. The others preferred to stay and testify before the court.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsFrancis HusterJean-François BalmerLila KedrovaAlbert Spaggiari (Francis Huster) plays Spaggiari, who organises a group of gangsters to break into the vault of the Societé Générale Bank in Nice by tunnelling up through the sewers below. The famous theft, which was later dubbed 'the great drain robbery', netted a haul of over $10 million.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsHenry SilvaRichard ConteGianni GarkoA hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsJames CaanRobert DuvallArthur HillMike Locken, who works for a private security firm affiliated with the C.I.A., is betrayed by his partner and left apparently crippled for life.