Best Action Films of 1974

Airport 1975

In the wake of ... box office, the franchise continued, spawning Airport '77 a few years later and Airport '79 two years after that. [ best action films - 1974 ]

The Man with the Golden Gun

The Man With the ... Tom Mankiewicz from Ian Fleming's last James Bond novel, which had to be published posthumously in "rough draft" form. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Three outlaws hit the ... grossing nearly 30 million dollars in its initial release. Roddy McDowall appears uncredited as the manager of the supermarket. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Il Cittadino si Ribella

When the police cannot ... horribly for his trouble. When the police cannot quite manage to find these thugs, Carlo goes after them himself. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Big Bad Mama

Angie Dickinson essays the ... the sack with her daughters, as does her common-law husband, played by William Shatner. A sequel appeared in 1987. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Ransom

Sean Connery stars in ... edge. But when they try to make it out of the country, Nils is after them in hot pursuit. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Terror on the 40th Floor

In this made-for-television disaster ... the high-rise in which they work. Believing that they will surely die, the seven begin sharing their deepest secrets. [ best action films - 1974 ]

The Street Fighter

While most martial arts ... takes place aboard an oil tanker; though injured, Terry still takes out at least half of his many opponents. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

A late entry from ... zenith of zaniness with everybody kung fu fighting in the Hammer/Shaw Brothers collaboration Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires. [ best action films - 1974 ]

The Executioner

This exciting action film ... martial arts film, followed by a sequel, Executioner 2: Karate Inferno (Chokugeki Jigokuhen: Dai Gyakuten)(1975), also directed by Ishii. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Emergency Squad

This entry in the ... also become a mainstay of this genre. In 2005, Emergency Squad received a domestic DVD release from Mondo Macabro. [ best action films - 1974 ]

The Black Godfather

The heroes in The ... 'hood with dangerous drugs, the Black Godfather (Rod Perry) orders his minions to put an end to this perfidy. [ best action films - 1974 ]

The Black Six

Football fans should enjoy ... for its clumsier moments. Cimber, whose real name is Matteo Ottaviano, went on to direct Pia Zadora in Butterfly. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Devil's Possessed

When the campesinos of ... medieval overlord can stand his tyrannical rule no longer, they revolt with terrible vengeance. [ best action films - 1974 ]

I Spit on Your Corpse

This low-budget action film ... selling point for the film's video release, re-titled to capitalize on the success of I Spit on Your Grave. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Return of the Chinese Boxer

Jimmy Wang Yu, probably ... the One Armed Swordsman who uses his Chinese kung fu when challenged by a gang of Japanese Ninjitsu experts. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Sister Street Fighter

This kung-fu outing was ... Sue Shiomi continued to star in martial arts films and later revived the Tina Long character in two sequels. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Super Kung Fu Kid

Super Kung Fu Kid ... response, Tiger kidnaps their mother. Man Lung must utilize all of his marital arts skills to save his family. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Tiger's Claw

Shaolin Tiger Claw chronicles ... in jail, so Yu must scam his way into prison in order for him to challenge the infamous fighter. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Sting of the Dragon Masters

Female martial-arts star Angela ... earned an American release 10 years later -- and its first U.S. TV showing some five years after that. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Women's Prison Escape

In this exploitation adventure, ... female inmates bust out and head for the Everglades, where they face untold dangers. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Stone

This Australian actioner was ... another gang is behind the killing. Unfortunately, the gang gets bloody revenge against the hapless hero and tragedy ensues. [ best action films - 1974 ]

After being raped as ... print released by American-International. Lindberg suffered similar travails in Gustav Wiklund's smarmy (but less explicit) Exponerad three years earlier. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Five Shaolin Masters

Star David Chiang is ... Masters of Death. They've got a cartel of evil emperors angry at them. Violent clashes are inevitable, and frequent. [ best action films - 1974 ]

The Furious

When a drug smuggler ... Southeast Asia slips through the security of International police, they hire a martial arts expert to assist. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Rage of the Master

Set in the Ching ... arts extraordinaire Hsiung-Wu is the one doing all the capturing. This film features Ng Ming Tsai and Tiger Yang. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Rumble in Hong Kong

Jackie Chan has a ... purse from a cab driver's car. The purse contains items that could lend members of the gang in jail. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance

The bloody saga of ... hell to pay when Lady Snowblood unleashes her wrath and carves a path of destruction across the Japanese countryside. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Knight Errant

In this vintage martial ... anger the wrong people, and three brothers with excellent fighting skills are demanding to even the score with Jimmy. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

This new entry in ... discovers his daughter has been kidnapped. Only Agent Zero has the skills to go undercover and save the daughter. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Lupin the 3rd: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

Japan's most famous animated ... Fujiko, get the loot, and escape the long arm of the law before his remarkable good luck runs out. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Aan: Men at Work

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The Face Behind the Mask

When the three most ... betrayer who lurks in his midst and restore his honor before his rule collapses under the weight of disloyalty. [ best action films - 1974 ]

Shogun Assassin 5: Cold Road to Hell

Ogami faces his biggest ... sides by hundreds of fierce warriors. Ogami realizes that this is one battle he may not walk away from. [ best action films - 1974 ]

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