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List Of Action Films Of The 1970s ...
This is chronological list of action films released in the 1970s. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including horror, comedy, and science fiction films); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they bend genres. See also * Action films * Martial arts films * Swashbuckler films References External links List of 1970s action filmsat IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:Action films of the 1970s 1970s Action Action may refer to: * Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Action principles the heart of fundamental physics * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to storytelling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing into various forms such as comedy film, comedies, science fiction films, and horror films. While the term "action film" or "action adventure film" has been used as early as the 1910s, the contemporary definition usually refers to a film that came with the arrival of New Hollywood and the rise of antihero, anti-heroes appearing in American films of the late 1960s and 1970s drawing from war films, crime films and Western (film), Westerns. These genres were followed by what is referred to as the "classical period" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Wei
Lo Wei ( 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in ''The Big Boss'' and ''Fist of Fury'', and Jackie Chan, in ''New Fist of Fury''. Career Lo began his entertainment career as an actor in the Second World War. He moved to Hong Kong in 1948. During the 1950s, Lo became a popular matinee idol. After Bruce Lee's death in 1973, it was Lo who gave Jackie Chan his first shot at the big time as part of the wave of Bruceploitation. Lo is said to have been linked with Chinese organized crime, the Triad society, Triads. Lo ran the production company "Lo Wei Motion Picture Company", which operated until 1977–78 due to heavy cost reduction, cost-cutting measures as a result of Jackie Chan signing a deal with Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest. Lo is credited with over 135 films as an actor, over 60 films as a director, over 30 films as a writer, and over 45 films as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and filmmaker. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, whom she dated for five years. She acted in many of his films, including ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'' (1966), ''Cries and Whispers'' (1972), ''Scenes from a Marriage'' (1973), ''The Passion of Anna'' (1969), and ''Autumn Sonata'' (1978). Ullmann won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama in 1972 for the film ''The Emigrants (film), The Emigrants'' and has been nominated for another four. In 2000, she was nominated for the Palme d'Or for her second directorial feature film, ''Faithless (2000 film), Faithless''. She has received two BAFTA Award nominations, and two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for ''The Emigrants (film), The Emigrants'' and Ingmar Bergman's ''Face to Face (1976 film), Face to Face''. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town in the Allegheny Mountains. Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young. Bronson himself worked in the mines as well until joining the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 to fight in World War II. After his service, he joined a theatrical troupe and studied acting. During the 1950s, he played various supporting roles in motion pictures and television, including anthology drama TV series in which he would appear as the main character. Near the end of the decade, he had his first cinematic leading role in '' Machine-Gun Kelly'' (1958). Bronson had sizeable co-starring roles in '' The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), '' The Great Escape'' (1963), '' This Property Is Condemned'' (1966), and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Young (director)
Stewart Terence Herbert Young (20 June 1915 – 7 September 1994) was a British film director and screenwriter who worked in the United Kingdom, Europe and Hollywood. He is best known for directing three List of James Bond films, James Bond films: the first two films in the series, ''Dr. No (film), Dr. No'' (1962) and ''From Russia with Love (film), From Russia with Love'' (1963), and ''Thunderball (film), Thunderball'' (1965). His other films include the Audrey Hepburn thrillers ''Wait Until Dark (film), Wait Until Dark'' (1967) and ''Bloodline (1979 film), Bloodline'' (1979), the historical drama ''Mayerling (1968 film), Mayerling'' (1968), the infamous Korean War epic ''Inchon (film), Inchon'' (1981), and the Charles Bronson films ''Cold Sweat (1970 film), Cold Sweat'' (1970), ''Red Sun'' (1971), and ''The Valachi Papers (film), The Valachi Papers'' (1972). Early life and education Young was born in the Shanghai International Settlement, International Settlement, of Shangh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Sweat (1970 Film)
''Cold Sweat'' is a 1970 French-Italian international co-production starring Charles Bronson and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1959 novel ''Ride the Nightmare'' by Richard Matheson. It was filmed in and around Beaulieu-sur-Mer. Plot An American living in France must face his past when his wife and daughter are kidnapped by former fellow convicts turned narco-dealers he once double-crossed. Cast Production The film was known for an extended car chase with an Opel Commodore The Opel Commodore is an executive car (E-segment) produced by Opel from 1967 to 1986. It is the six-cylinder variant of the Opel Rekord, Rekord with styling differences. The Commodore nameplate was used by Opel from 1967 to 1982 in Europe and t ... GS/E I6 involving the Bronson character's attempt to get a doctor to a wounded drug dealer in exchange for his wife. Actress Liv Ullmann complained in an interview that Charles Bronson was rude to her and her daughter during the filming. She cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuen Chor
Chor Yuen (), born Cheung Po-kin (; 8 October 1934 – 21 February 2022), was a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and actor. Chor is credited with over 120 films as director, over 70 films as a writer and over 40 films as an actor. Early life and education Chor was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, on 8 October 1934.''楚原 (生於 1934.10.18) – 導演、編劇 — Chor Yuen (born on 1934.10.18) – (died on 2022.02.21) director, screenwriter.'' In: filmarchive.gov.hk, Hong Kong Film Archive, pdf-file; 182 kB. Retrieved October 20, 2021. (Chinese) He studied Chemistry at |
Cold Blade
''Cold Blade'' or ''Yu nu qin qing'' is a 1970 Hong Kong action Mandarin Martial Arts directed by Chor Yuen. This is Chor Yuen Chor Yuen (), born Cheung Po-kin (; 8 October 1934 – 21 February 2022), was a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and actor. Chor is credited with over 120 films as director, over 70 films as a writer and over 40 films as an actor. Early ...'s first film in Mandarin. Film Restored The original film was lost. With a copy from Marie-Claire Quiquemelle, a film collector in France, the film was restored. Cast * Melinda Chen Man-Ling * Kao Yuen * Ingrid Hu Yin-Yin * Cheung Ban * Paul Chu Kong * Tsung Yu * Kong San * Li Ying * Lau Kong * Lee Man-Tai * Kuan-tai Chen * Tung Choi-Bo * Chow Siu-Loi * Yeung Wai * Wong Kin-Wah * Cheng Mei-Mei * Lau Wai-Man Note: The list of names may have surname followed by first name. References External links * Cold Blade at hkcinemamagic.com 1970 films 1970 action films 1970s Mandarin-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Ping (Taiwanese Actress)
Wang Ping, also Wang Pin, Wong Ping (; 1 October 1953-) is a retired Taiwanese film actress, working in the Cinema of Hong Kong. She starred in about 35 Hong Kong kung-fu movies, many under Shaw Brothers studios, in the 1970s, including '' The Chinese Boxer'' (1970), '' King Boxer'' (1972) and '' The Black Enforcer'' (1972). She appeared in the Shaw films . She did make one last appearance with a very minor role in '' Island of Greed'' (1997). References External links * * Taiwanese film actresses Hong Kong film actresses 1953 births Living people Actresses from Kaohsiung {{Taiwan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Lieh
Wong Lap Tat (June 29, 1939 – November 2, 2002), better known by his stage name Lo Lieh, was an Indonesian-born Hong Kong martial artist and film actor. Lo was perhaps best known as Chao Chih-Hao in the 1972 martial arts film ''King Boxer'' (a.k.a. ''Five Fingers of Death''), Bak Mei, Priest Pai Mei in ''Executioners from Shaolin'' and ''Clan of the White Lotus'', Miyamoto in the 1977 film ''Fist of Fury II'', and General Tien Ta in the 1978 film ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin''. Early life Born Wong Lap-tat in Pematangsiantar on June 29, 1939 to Chinese parents, Lo spent his early life in Indonesia and then his parents sent him back to China and attended acting school in Hong Kong, he began his martial arts training in 1962 and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in the same year and went on to become one of the most famous actors in Hong Kong martial arts and kung fu films in the late 1960s and 1970s. Acting career In 1970 Lo played Kao Hsia in the film ''Brothers Five'', alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Wang Yu
James Wang Yu (28 March 1943 – 5 April 2022) was a Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Initially a contract player for Shaw Brothers, he rose to fame for his starring role in ''The One-Armed Swordsman'' (1967) and its sequels, and was one of the first major stars of martial arts and ''wuxia'' cinema. At the height of his fame in the 1970s, he was the highest-paid martial arts actor in the world. According to ''The New York Times'', Wang was "the biggest star of Asian martial arts cinema until the emergence of Bruce Lee." Wang Yu was well known for his volatile personality and ties to organized crime off-screen. He was a suspected member of the Bamboo Union triad, and was charged in the 1981 murder of several Four Seas Gang members, though he was acquitted due to a lack of evidence. Early life Born Wang Zheng Quan (王正權) in Shanghai in 1943, Wang and his family moved to Hong Kong when he was still a child. From a youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinese Boxer
''The Chinese Boxer'' (龙虎斗; also known by its international title ''The Hammer of God'') is a 1970 Hong Kong action kung fu film written, directed by and starring Jimmy Wang Yu. Tong Gaai was the action director. ''The Chinese Boxer'' was a box office success at the time of its release and resulted in a switch of emphasis within the wuxia genre away from swordsmanship and towards unarmed combat. It would prove influential to subsequent films like ''Fist of Fury''. The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called '' Return of the Chinese Boxer''. Synopsis A Chinese boxer takes revenge on a gang of Japanese karate thugs who decimated his martial arts school. Cast * Jimmy Wang Yu as Lei Ming * Lo Lieh as Kitashima * Wong Ping as Li Shao-ling * Chao Hsiung as Diao Erh-yeh (as Chiu Hung) * Cheng Lui as Chang Da Lun * Fang Mien as Master Li * Chan Sing as Ishihara * Wang Chung as Tanaka * Wong Kwong Yue as Sun Tung * Wong Ching as Kume * Li Tung as Lumura Home media Celest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
