Best Crime Films of 1979
The Big Scam
A Nightingale Sang in ... The Big Scam picked up a third title when it was released to video as The Mayfair Bank Caper. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
Going in Style
Joe (George Burns), Al ... has become a colorful news story for the media and the police are closing in on the amateur criminals. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
The North Avenue Irregulars
One of the bigger ... expected comic car crash. North Avenue Irregulars is based on a (drawn-from-life?) novel by the Reverend Albert Fay Hill. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
The Great Train Robbery
Not a remake of ... was dedicated to the memory of its director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth, who died shortly after the production wrapped. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
A Man, a Woman, and a Bank
In this crime comedy, ... who tie into a bank under construction, and arrange to withdraw a huge sum of money without being caught. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
The Dark
This well-acted but wildly ... Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), who bailed out early to be replaced by John "Bud" Cardos. Enough said. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
Vengeance Is Mine
A gut-wrenching, violent psychological ... from the police, his aberrant sexual life and violent nature are further revealed in a series of gripping events. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
10 Violent Women
This women's prison drama ... Vernon leads the karate-chopping female cast. The film sat on a shelf for four years before its 1982 release. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
Disco Godfather
J. Robert Wagoner directs ... are the disco dance production numbers in amazing sparkly costumes, the hallucinogenic PCP segments, and the repeatable catch phrases. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
Cocaine Cowboys
Cocaine Cowboys is an ... of Lommel's work is distinctive and accomplished, Cocaine Cowboys should be avoided by all except those with chronic insomnia. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
Killer Wears White
Killers Wear White is ... the villains-hopefully more so. The cast is headed by Steve Tung Wu, Roy Chiao Hung and Jen Shih Kuan. [ best crime films - 1979 ]
