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1970 The Adventurers Adventure R, 171 Minutes
Director: Lewis Gilbert More Info
Starring: Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren, Ernest Borgnine, Rossano Brazzi, Olivia de Havilland, Bekim Fehmiu, Leigh Taylor-Young, Fernando Rey, John Ireland, Jaclyn Smith Based on Harold Robbins' novel, this is the tedious story of the fallacies inherent in those who live in a world surrounded by wealth. |
1970 Airport Adventure G, 137 Minutes
Director: George Seaton More Info
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Helen Hayes, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter Of the five "Airport" films, this first one is the only one worth your time. Based on Arthur Haley's novel by the same name it is filled with suspense as a plane is stuck on the needed runway during a VERY snowy night. Helen Hayes won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar; nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton). |
1970 Black Water Gold Adventure TV, 75 Minutes
Director: Alan Landsburg More Info
Starring: Keir Dullea, Bradford Dillman, France Nuyen, Aron Kincaid, Ricardo Montalban, Lana Wood, Jacques Aubuchon, Paul Hampton, Stuart Tyrone Scuba diver Ray (Aron Kincaid), marine biologist Christofer (Keir Dullea), and historian Alejandro (Ricardo Montalban) team up to search for a sunken Spanish galleon and its cargo of gold. But there are others, headed by ruthless treasure hunter Lyle (Bradford Dillman), who also want the treasure. Made for TV. |
1970 Cromwell Adventure G, 139 Minutes
Director: Ken Hughes More Info
Starring: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin, Frank Finlay, Timothy Dalton, Patrick Wymark, Patrick Magee, Nigel Stock, Charles Gray Realistic battle scenes highlight this biography of the 16th-century take-over by Puritan leader, Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), who deposed England's Charles I (Alec Guinness). |
1970 Hercules in New York Adventure / Fantasy PG, 92 Minutes
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman More Info
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, Deborah Loomis, James Karen, Ernest Graves, Taina Elg, Tanny McDonald, Harold Burstein, Merwin Goldsmith, Rudy Bond Mount Olympus is not providing the excitement needed by Hercules (Arnold Schwarzeneger), and, by accident (a lightning bolt) Hercules ends up in New York. Although modern life is a difficult adjustment, Hercules manages to make his way. Meanwhile, his father, Zeus (Ernest Graves), sends Nemesis (Taina Elg) and assorted other gods down to Earth to bring him home. Arnold Schwarzenegger's film debut. |
1970 Kelly's Heroes Action / Comedy / Adventure / Drama PG, 145 Minutes
Director: Brian G. Hutton More Info
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Gavin MacLeod, Harry Dean Stanton, Stuart Margolin, Jeff Morris, Richard Davalos The time is World War II, and American serviceman Kelly (Clint Eastwood) learns that the Nazi's have $16 million in gold bullion. While on a three-day pass, Kelly leads a very unlikely group–Big Joe (Telly Savalas), Crapgame (Don Rickles), and Oddball (Donald Sutherland)–inside enemy territory with plans to steal the gold bullion for their own use at war's end. |
1970 King of the Grizzlies Family / Western / Adventure G, 93 Minutes
Director: Ron Kelly More Info
Starring: John Yesno, Chris Wiggins, Hugh Webster, Jack Van Evera, Winston Hibler Disney brings us an adventure tale that is weak in story but rich in photography of nature. A young Indian boy, Moki (John Yesno), befriends a grizzly cub. Years later, Moki is working at a ranch, and the bear shows up–causing a cattle stampede. The owner wants the bear killed, but Moki intercedes. |
1970 Le Voyou Foreign / Adventure / Comedy G, 120 Minutes
Director: Claude Lelouch More Info
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Daniele Delorme, Charles Gerard, Christine Lelouch, Charles Denner, Amidou, Yves Robert, Judith Magre, Aldo Maccione, Paul Le Person Immediately after Simon (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is released from jail, he calls on friends Charlot and Martine (Charles Gerard and Christine Lelouch) to help in his new escapade: kidnap a boy and force the bank where the boy's father works into paying a large ransom. Although the ransom is paid, complications lie ahead for the trio. |
1970 Little Big Man Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Western PG, 150 Minutes
Director: Arthur Penn More Info
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey, Aimee Eccles, Kelly Jean Peters, William Hickey, Jesse Vint Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) is 121-years old and is the only survivor of Custer's (Richard Mulligan) last stand at Little Big Horn. Through his eyes, the history of the Old West is told, providing insight into the plight of Native Americans as America moved west. |
1970 Little Fauss and Big Halsy Adventure R, 98 Minutes
Director: Sidney J. Furie More Info
Starring: Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery Jr., Lucille Benson, Ray Ballard, Linda Gaye Scott, Erin O'Reilly Two motorcycle racers take a trip, and Little Fauss (Michael J. Pollard) learns a lot about his idol, Halsy (Robert Redford), and even more about himself. |
1970 The McKenzie Break Adventure PG, 108 Minutes
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1970 Soldier Blue Western / Adventure / Drama / Romance PG, 114 Minutes
Director: Ralph Nelson More Info
Starring: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, John Anderson, Jorge Rivero, Dana Elcar, Martin West, Mort Mills, Jorge Russek, James Hampton A cavalry unit escorting Cresta (Candice Bergen), who just escaped after being taken by the Cheyenne two years ago, and paymaster Captain Battles (Dana Elcar) is headed to Fort Reunion, Colorado, when they are ambushed by a Cheyenne war party. Only Cresta and trooper Honus Grant (Peter Strauss) survive, and, together, they continue their journey on foot. Along the way, Honus falls in love with Cresta but is disgusted by her belief that the Cheyenne village where she stayed is peaceful–until he witnesses the massacre of Cheyenne old men, women, and children–and tries to stop the killing. |
1970 Tarzan's Deadly Silence Adventure G, 99 Minutes
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1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Action / Adventure / Drama G, 142 Minutes
Director: Richard Fleischer More Info
Starring: Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Wesley Addy, Leon Ames, Eijiro Tono The story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, is well-told as the events leading to the attack are revealed–documentary style–from both the U.S. and Japanese viewpoints. The film begins with scenes from the perspectives of both countries as the diplomacy between Japan and the United States collapses. The second part of the film switches to the deadly mission and a spectacular re-creation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film won and Oscar for Best Special Visual Effects. |
1970 Waterloo Adventure G, 123 Minutes
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk More Info
Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Wilding, Donal Donnelly, Terence Alexander, Rupert Davies Originally a four-hour film, this movie was cut way back for U.S. consumption. It is the story of Napoleon's take-over of Europe and his final downfall at Waterloo. |
1970 Wuthering Heights Adventure / Drama / Romance G, 105 Minutes
Director: Robert Fuest More Info
Starring: Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton, Harry Andrews, Pamela Brown, Judy Cornwell, James Cossins, Rosalie Crutchley, Julian Glover, Ian Ogilvy, Hugh Griffith Emily Bronte's story is narrated by servant girl Nellie (Judy Cornwell) who relates the story of star-crossed lovers Cathy (Anna Calder-Marsh) and Heathcliff (Timothy Dalton). The tale begins when Mr. Earnshaw (Harry Andrews) brings home orphaned Heathcliff. Mr. Earnshaw's son Hindley (Julian Glover) hates Heathcliff, but his sister Cathy looks on Heathcliff as a soul mate and loves him. After, Mr. Earnshaw dies, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up and fall in love. But, Cathy marries wealthy neighbor Edgar Linton (Ian Ogilvy). Meanwhile, Heathcliff, who has left, returns a wealthy man, and Hindley gambles away Wuthering Heights to him. Now, Cathy finds that she has not been able to forget Heathcliff, and even death cannot part them. |
1970 You Can't Win 'Em All Adventure PG, 97 Minutes
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1971 Angels Hard as They Come Action / Adventure / Drama R, 90 Minutes
Director: Joe Viola More Info
Starring: Scott Glenn, Charles Dierkop, Gilda Texter, James Inglehart, Gary Littlejohn, Gary Busey, Janet Wood, Don Carerra, Brendan Kelly, Larry Tucker After their drug deal fails, biker gang The Angels sets up a new meeting place in the desert. On their way into the desert, The Angels meet another biker gang, The Dragons, and are invited to a party in a ghost town. A wild night lies ahead–complete with a murder that results in a fight to the finish between the two gangs. |
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Family / Adventure / Animation / Musical G, 117 Minutes
Director: Robert Stevenson More Info
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Reginald Owen, Tessie O'Shea, Arthur Gould-Porter, Cindy O'Callaghan This Disney film concerns a witch-in-training (Angela Lansbury) who becomes the guardian of three British children (Roy Snart, Ian Weighill and Cindy O'Callaghan) during World War II. With the help of an enchanted bedknob, they have some strange and wonderful adventures in animation and help stop a group of Nazis from invading the countryside. |
1971 Diamonds Are Forever Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller PG, 119 Minutes
Director: Guy Hamilton More Info
Starring: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Jimmy Dean, Charles Gray, Bruce Cabot, Bruce Glover, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, Laurence Naismith Diamonds have been stolen from South African mines, and James Bond (Sean Connery) goes undercover as diamond smuggler Peter Franks. The trail leads him to Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray) whose sinister plot to take over the world must be stopped at all cost. Bond joins forces with Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), and they try to stop hit men Wint (Bruce Glover) and Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) and, in the process, prevent a space-orbiting laser from destroying Washington, D.C. Great special effects and lots of adventure. |
1971 Kidnapped Adventure G, 100 Minutes
Director: Delbert Mann More Info
Starring: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Gordon Jackson, Vivien Heilbron, Lawrence Douglas, Freddie Jones, Andrew McCulloch, Russell Waters Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story, this is the story of a young man, David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas), who, with Alan Breck (Michael Caine) fights for his inheritance and the forces of King George who have been sent to his Scottish highlands. |
1971 The Last Valley Adventure PG, 125 Minutes
Director: James Clavell More Info
Starring: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport, Per Oscarsson, Arthur O'Connell, Madeleine Hinde, Yorgo Voyagis, Miguel Alejandro, Christian Roberts Set during the Thirty Years War, this story takes place in a peaceful, hidden valley whose inhabitants are visited by a former teacher, Vogel (Omar Sharif), and then by an army led by The Captain (Michael Caine). Both men are looking for a reprieve from the outside world. They winter over in the valley and then go on their way–leaving the valley and its inhabitants in peace. |
1971 The Light at the Edge of the World Adventure PG, 120 Minutes
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1971 Man in the Wilderness Adventure PG, 105 Minutes
Director: Richard C. Sarafian More Info
Starring: Richard Harris, Henry Wilcoxon, John Huston, Percy Herbert, Dennis Waterman, Norman Rossington, James Doohan, Judith Furse, Prunella Ransome, Sheila Raynor After he is attacked by a grizzly bear in the early 1800s, Zachary Bass (Richard Harris) is left by his fellow fur trappers and Indian traders to die. He recuperates and sets out on his own form of revenge. |
1971 Murphy's War Adventure PG-13, 106 Minutes
Director: Peter Yates More Info
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson, John Hallam, Ingo Mogendorf A U-boat sinks a British merchant ship off the coast of South America during the final days of World War II. Surviving crew members are gunned down by the submarine's crew, and Murphy (Peter O'Toole) is the sole survivor. Rescued by a Frenchman (Philippe Noiret), Murphy is taken to a hospital where he is nursed back to health by Dr. Hayden (Sian Phillips, O'Toole's wife at the time). Now it is time to revenge the sinking by the U-Boat. |
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Full listing of Adventure movies from the 1970's | Aces High (1977)
Adventurers (1970)
Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Airport (1970)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Angels Hard as They Come (1971)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Arabian Nights (1974)
Ashanti (1979)
At Home Among Strangers (1974)
At the Earth's Core (1976)
Badlands (1973)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Benji (1974)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Black Stallion, The (1979)
Black Water Gold (1970)
Bridge Too Far, A (1977)
Call of the Wild, The (1972)
Candleshoe (1977)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
Captains Courageous (1977)
Caravans (1978)
Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)
Circle of Iron (1978)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Concorde...Airport '79 (1979)
Count of Monte Cristo (1975)
Cromwell (1970)
Cross of Iron (1977)
Crossed Swords (1977)
Cry of the Black Wolves (1972)
Cuba (1979)
Cyclone (1978)
Deep, The (1977)
Deerslayer (1978)
Deliverance (1972)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Duellists (1977)
Eagle Has Landed, The (1976)
Eiger Sanction, The (1975)
Escape to Athena (1979)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Fifth Musketeer (1979)
Firepower (1979)
Four Feathers (1977)
Four Musketeers (1974)
Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978)
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Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Hercules in New York (1970)
Hot Box (1972)
Hurricane (1979)
I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)
In-Laws (1979)
Island at the Top of the World (1974)
Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1977)
Jaws (1975)
Journey Back to Oz (1974)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Kidnapped (1971)
King Kong (1976)
King of the Grizzlies (1970)
Land That Time Forgot (1975)
Last of the Cowboys (1976)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1977)
Last Valley (1971)
Le Voyou (1970)
Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
Little Big Man (1970)
Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
Living Free (1972)
Logan's Run (1976)
Lord of the Rings (1978)
Lost Horizon (1973)
Mad Max (1979)
Man in the Iron Mask (1976)
Man in the Wilderness (1971)
Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974)
McKenzie Break (1970)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Moonraker (1979)
Mountain Family Robinson (1979)
Mountain of the Cannibal Gods (1978)
Mr. Billion (1977)
Murphy's War (1971)
Norseman (1978)
Papillon (1973)
People That Time Forgot (1977)
Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)
Proud and the Damned, The (1972)
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
Red Baron (1971)
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Red Tent (1971)
Rescuers (1977)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Riddle of the Sands (1979)
Ride a Wild Pony (1975)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Robin Hood (1973)
Rogue Male (1976)
Rum Runners (1971)
Runaway Barge (1975)
Scalawag (1973)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Sleeping Dogs (1977)
Small Town in Texas (1976)
Soldier Blue (1970)
Sonar Kella (1974)
Sorcerer (1977)
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)
St. Ives (1976)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Summer City (1977)
Supervixens (1975)
Swept Away...by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1975)
Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)
Three Musketeers (1973)
Thunder and Lightning (1977)
Time After Time (1979)
Tom Sawyer (1973)
Tom Sawyer (1973)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Treasure Island (1972)
Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1976)
Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
Ultimate Impostor (1979)
Wanda Nevada (1979)
Warriors, The (1979)
Water Babies, The (1978)
Waterloo (1970)
Watership Down (1978)
Wild Geese, The (1978)
Wind and the Lion (1975)
Wiz (1978)
Women in Cages (1971)
Wuthering Heights (1970)
X312 - Flight to Hell (1971)
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
Young Winston (1972)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
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