Best Action Films of 1973
Magnum Force
The second Dirty Harry ... was followed by three additional Dirty Harry installments: The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983) and The Dead Pool (1988). [ best action films - 1973 ]
Slaughter's Big Ripoff
The sequel to Slaughter, ... struggles to kill a group of vengeful mobsters, led by the sinister Duncan (Ed McMahon), before they kill him. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The fifth and last ... for a cameo by director John Huston as an ape named "The Lawgiver," who appears in a wraparound segment. [ best action films - 1973 ]
White Lightning
When the police pick ... little brother, he agrees to help out the cops to get himself out of prison and get his revenge. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Walking Tall
A runaway box-office hit ... letting them know that the R-rated Walking Tall contained violence and not sex, and therefore was good family entertainment. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Final Programme
Jon Finch stars as ... expect). The distinguished supporting cast for this thoughtful bit of satire includes Patrick Magee, Sterling Hayden, and George Coulouris. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Seven-Ups
This was the only ... in order to track Lucia down, grisly deaths and a heart-stopping highway car chase along the Hudson River ensue. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Shaft in Africa
In the third and ... any beautiful women who crosses his path, he must also dodge a series of assassination attempts by Ramila's men. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Electra Glide in Blue
A police officer who ... vocalist who died in 1978 from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, plays a gun-wielding killer in this film. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Willie Dynamite
Willie Dynamite (Roscoe Orman) ... was produced by Richard Zanuck and David Brown, who shortly afterward collaborated on a more upbeat project, The Sting. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Coffy
Writer-director Jack Hill (Spider ... the filmmakers cackling about Coffy with cream and sugar. In fact, the original ad line promised "Coffy...she'll cream you!" [ best action films - 1973 ]
Cleopatra Jones
Tamara Dobson stars as ... try to do Cleopatra in, until finally there is a major confrontation between Cleopatra and Mommy and her minions. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Return of the Dragon
Bruce Lee's pre-Enter the ... blend of kung-fu and comedy that is likely to bring a smile to the face of Bruce Lee fans. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Detroit 9000
Titled Detroit Heat for ... a political rally. Noted blaxploitation fan Quentin Tarantino sponsored a theatrical re-release in 1998, with a video reissue following. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Doll Squad
When a Cape Kennedy ... arsenal of secret weapons, plastic explosives, and their own seductive charms to defeat O'Reilly's henchmen and save the world. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Extreme Close-Up
A TV reporter becomes ... with a story about voyeurism in this film also known as Sex Through a Window. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Fearless Young Boxer
In this action film, ... to the study of martial arts in order to settle a score with the men who killed his father. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Heavy Traffic
Heavy Traffic represents a ... similar but not identical "mean streets" plotline. (Last Exit to Brooklyn was made as a live-action film in 1989.) [ best action films - 1973 ]
Kung Fu's Hero
Chief Detective Cheng (Cheung ... is, they send numerous people to kill him. Using a variety of martial arts techniques, he vanquishes his foes. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Policewomen
Lee Frost's police action ... and joined forces with smugglers. After her true identity is revealed, she must fend off a number of adversaries. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Queen Boxer
This lively martial-arts film ... tougher than any mere man as she struggles to save her family from a life of slavery and prostitution. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Sam Greenlee's cult favorite ... Dixon has an extensive resume of directorial credits, but primarily in episodic television. Spook is his second theatrical release. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Survival of the Dragon
The martial arts film ... Fu Master who sets out to clean up a town that is under the control of three evil brothers. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Two Great Cavaliers
Relying on his martial ... expertise, a Ming warrior takes on soldiers from the Manchurian army. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Young Tiger
Wo Ma directs Meng ... a series of fighting methods in order to create a new technique with which he can restore his honor. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Black Mama, White Mama
Two female prisoners, one ... and drug smugglers. There more action ensues as the crooks engage in a climactic battle with a crooked cop. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Lightning Swords of Death
Lightning Swords of Death ... Run Run Shaw followed up the international success of Lightning Swords of Death with the equally fascinating Shogun Assassin. [ best action films - 1973 ]
That Man Bolt
Set amid the exciting, ... arts, gratuitous sex and comedy as it chronicles an enemy spy's worldwide pursuit of a heroic kung fu fighter. [ best action films - 1973 ]
The Blood Brothers
A vicious despot embarks ... skilled kung fu experts join forces in an effort to overturn the tyrant in this blood-soaked martial arts adventure. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Fearless Fighters
The skills of martial ... assist a gang of Oriental terrorists scheming to take a government gold supply. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Fists of Vengeance
And still they come. ... the Japanese occupation forces. Kung Bun exacts plenty of revenge, but apparently not enough to prevent World War 2. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Screaming Ninja
The story is set ... defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Murder in the Orient
Manuel G. Songo directs ... a wise martial arts teacher (Fong) hunts down a pair of samurai swords that are worth millions of dollars. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Lone Wolf and Cub 5: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Five swordsmen hire Ogami, ... in the Land of Demons is noted as possibly the best (as well as the grimmest) of the series. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Lone Wolf and Cub 6: White Heaven in Hell
While boasting one of ... climax on a snowy mountain, while exhilarating, lacks the closure that fans of the series had so eagerly anticipated. [ best action films - 1973 ]
El Santo y la Tigresa
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Kung Fu: Season 02
As Kung Fu enters ... Tim Matheson, Tina Louise, Anne Francis, Nancy Kwan, and a pair of up-and-comers named Don Johnson and Harrison Ford. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Sex and Fury
This was the first ... followed by Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture, a sequel helmed by another Japanese exploitation film legend, Teruo Ishii. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Slaughter in the Snow
The bloody mayhem that ... Kobunji join forces in taking out an army of villains before eventually turning their murderous rage on one another. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Rica 2: Lonely Wanderer
When everyone connected with ... Rica enlists the aid of a crime fighting detective in taking out her targets and cleaning up the streets. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Girl Boss Revenge
The underworld explodes into ... popular pinky violence series, Girl Boss Revenge (originally titled Sukeban) was directed by Norifumi Suzuki, and stars Miki Sugimoto. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Horror of Malformed Men ... in old Edo's pleasure quarter, the barbaric Shogunate, and the rival gangs locked into a violent struggle for power. [ best action films - 1973 ]
Kiss of Death
Left for dead on ... to take down the entire underworld, the best her enemies can hope for is a quick and painless death. [ best action films - 1973 ]Supplemental Navigation
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