Best Adventure Films of 1972

Giù la Testa

Originally titled Giù la ... Name" films masterminded by Leone, the distributors of Duck, You Sucker! reissued the film as A Fistful of Dynamite. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Treasure Island

In this adventure, a ... young lad with a treasure map boards a boat and begins an exciting quest. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Living Free

In this sequel to ... photography of the unspoiled African plains by Wolfgang Suschitzky and Jack C. Couffer (the latter also served as director). [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Call of the Wild

Director Ken Annakin and ... Harmstorf) as they brawl their way through the Alaskan wilderness mushing around in dog sleds and hunting for gold. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

The Culpepper Cattle Company

Gary Grimes stars in ... of successful films starring Burt Reynolds, can be spotted in a small role as Burgess, one of the cowboys. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

The popular Australian comic ... the Heart, breezes through his scatalogical material with the abandon of a schoolboy scribbling naughty words on the sidewalk. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Piranha, Piranha

Peter Brown and Ahna ... location, Piranha Piranha received plenty of TV play after Jaws opened the floodgates of "death from the deep" flicks. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Karzan, il favoloso uomo della giungla

In this campy jungle ... jungle dangers, but not a one prepares them for the fearsome, mythical ape-man Karzan (think Tarzan with a "K"). [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Kaliman: El Hombre Incredible

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Robinson Crusoe and the Tiger

Here's the classic Daniel ... by a narrating tiger that witnesses castaway Robinson Crusoe's struggles to survive the man-eating cannibals on the tropical island. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

The Swiss Family Robinson

This animated version of ... classic tale by Johann Wyss chronicles the adventures of a young family stranded on a remote tropical island. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Five Fingers of Death

One of the Shaw ... is more commonly known as Five Fingers of Death, the more exploitative title given to it by Warner Brothers. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Trouble Man

An inner-city point man ... Smithers). Trouble Man also stars Paula Kelly's as T's love interest, and features an original score by Marvin Gaye. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Chow Ken

The oppressive Manchu dynasty ... contested by a revolutionary journeying to Japan. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

Lone Wolf and Cub 4: Baby Cart in Peril

A group of grieving ... Yagyu himself. This thrilling battle is notable as the only time the two actually cross swords in the series. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]

El Pirata de Doce Anos

A young man with ... Jolly Roger and sets out on a series of swashbuckling adventures in this seafaring tale of danger and excitement. [ best adventure films - 1972 ]