'The Seven-Ups' by Philip D'Antoni (1973). What Else Is Hiding Out There Then?

maybe the passenger is one of these hiding gems?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E33W0I/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_2/002-5424752-7114457?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130
I haven't seen it yet myself, but I'm thinking about ordering it

The Seven-Ups is OK, haven't seen it since I was a kid back in the 70's, what remains in my memory is the cold ,grungy city location work and Richard Lynch as one of the bad guys.

Coming to DVD FINALLY! on june 6 is another jem from the 70's EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE with Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin in one of his best performances. Set in the Depression ( makes a great bookend with Bronson's HARD TIMES- if you don't already have that one ,get it) about train riding hobos and Borgnine as a brutal conductor who tries to keep them off his train. Directed by Robert Aldrich who did THE DIRTY DOZEN, the action was pretty brutal for it's time and still holds up well, the location work in Oregon with the scenery and the trains is stunning, the characters, especially Marvin are great and the score is well done too.

As for other obscure 70's titles on DVD, THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN came out awhile back I think (great opening on a bus and lou Gossett says one of my favorite movie lines to a classic 70's pimp) . BUSTED with Elliot Gould and SUPER COPS are two more grungy city cop films that aren't out yet.

"The 7-Ups" is an awesome 70's crime flick. "The Driver" with Ryan O'Neil is also very good. I think Walter Hill directed that.

If your looking for good 70's action/crime flicks, Charles Bronson made some of the best. "Hard Times" (also directed by Walter Hill), "Mr. Majestyk", "The Mechanic" (with Jan Michael Vincent) and "Breakheart Pass" are some of his best.

The Seven Up's is not a masterpiece, but it's really a good gritty crime/cop movie from the seventie's. The car chase kicks ass !!

Better then any copmovie that came out in the last 10 years that's for sure ...

Just adding a few more obscure 70's titles. If you don't have NIGHT MOVES with Gene Hackman, grab it. Along with THE LONG GOODBYE and MARLOWE with James Garner and Bruce Lee it's one of the best private-eye films of the 70's. If you liked PRIME CUT or THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, CHARLIE VARRICK with Walter Matthau is a good small time criminal outwits the mob film.

Another one with Garner in Rockford mode is THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS, not the best film but he's great as a small town sheriff. Don't know if it's on DVD yet or not.

Two very good takes on Sherlock Holmes are THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS with George C. Scott and THE PRIVATE LIFE OS SHERLOCK HOLMES.

Yeah, the 70's was a great period for Hollywood films, even the TV movies like ISN'T IT SHOCKING, THURSDAY'S GAME and SHIRTS AND SKINS were good. Now you have to search the world ( thank god for asia ) to find good stuff because Hollywood has been cranking out a lot of crap for the past 15 years or so.

Oh, and by the way. It's PRIME CUT, not PRIME SLICE, if you're talking about the MIchael Ritchie Movie.

youre right - i meant prime cut. oh dear... i do those things all the time : but hey, you knew what film i meant.

theres loads of great recommendations in here already, keep em coming, and yes i love films like 'pelham 1-2-3' and 'serpico' is another good one that doesnt get shown here that often.. love '10 rillington place' and other similar serial killer movies too - a later movie (i think) thats the sort i also appreciate would be 'boys from brazil'... i am not really much of an obsessive when it comes to details, so there may be films by directors of very familiar 70s dramas that did other great movies, but i just havent seen them shown on TV here in england... so, hit me with any 70s dramas that are really worth checking out - and tell me why...! thanks.

Richard Lynch is outstanding in THE SEVEN-UPS. This has popped up on AMC over the last few years from time to time... can't wait to discard my VHS.

Since we're on the subject of hidden '70s gems, how about CISCO PIKE w/ Kris Kristofferson and Hackman? Altman's unjustly forgotten IMAGES? THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE w/ Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen?

I'm a huge fan of MFTV offerings from the '70s and '80s. I'd love to see a lot of pics from that format receive better treatment (SOLE SURVIVORS, THE NORLISS TAPES, A COLD NIGHT'S DEATH, BROTHERHOOD OF THE BELL, THE PAPER MAN... the list goes on and on and on and on...

In the buddy-buddy cop movie genre, 'Freebie And The Bean' is hard to beat, and shamefully hard to get.

Don't forget 'Prince of the City', starring Treat Williams. It is as good, if not better than 'Serpico'. It is coming to dvd according to Warner, this year, restored edition.

Both THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE and FREEBIE AND THE BEEN played on TV recently. Hadn't seen either since the seventies and they both hold up well, the stunt work in FREEBIE is still spectacular,wonder if Cann's SLITHER will show up someday.

Another great car chase movie from the 70's that came out on DVD last year is DIRTY MARY CRAZY LARRY.Recomended for three reasons, amazing chase sequences( no CG cars like todays stuff), an unforgettable climax and brit babe Susan George.

I know these are well known but I don't know what you've seen in England, so just in case.
- Alan J. Pakula's THE PARALLAX VIEW, great paranoid conspiracy thriller.
-Nicolas Roeg's DON'T LOOK NOW, very creepy supernatural thriller.
- and a must have is THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, brilliant spy/conspiracy thriller

Has anyone seen THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD, with Michael Sarrazin? Saw the trailers and film poster when I was a kid, but have never seen the film - don't think it's ever been on UK TV or even been released to buy.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Dion brothers
Rolling Thunder
Telefon
The Late Show
Sitting Target
The Nickel Ride
Straight Time
The Outfit
The Drowning Pool

These are already out on dvd:
The Laughing Policeman
Mr Majestyk
White Lightning
Night Moves
The Long Goodbye

And Geez, someone make a decent Charlie Varrick DVD !!

It's rural, rather than urban, but if you haven't seen it, check out the original "Walking Tall" (1973) directed by Phil Karlson. Note to Troy, I saw "Peter Proud" theatrically back in 1975 - OK but not one of J. Lee Thompson's better films.

thought i would get absolutely no response to this post, surprised again that loads have dropped in with some great suggestions... anyway : seen 'parralax' a few times, nice film... roegs 'dont look now' is one of my favourite films, reminds me a lot of giallo movies (yes, no black-gloved killer in it, i think) for its style and visuals.

Violent City (S.Sollima) is one of the best Bronson Movies.
Charlie is a Killer who gets betrayed by his woman and later seeks revenge. Great ending and fantastic Morricone Score.

another great italian Crimemovie-Giallo is
"Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta" directed by Alberto De Martino.

Great carchase, great music and a hell of a cast Cast including Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow, Carole Laure. It's not shot in Italy, but in Montreal (Canada)

Thanks, never seen VIOLENT CITY, sounds like one to find. Another great Bronson from that time is RIDER ON THE RAIN with Marlene Jobert.

It's not on DVD yet but watch THE SILENT PARTNER if you ever get the chance, excellent cat and mouse film set in Toronto with Elliott Gould and Christopher Plummer.

Also THE STUNTMAN with Peter O'Toole

I want to see Silent Partner for years now !!!
Hope the dvd's gets out sooner or later.

Violent City is, if i'm not wrong, available in a dvd from Blue Underground. Go for it Arch, you won't regret it !

The ruling class is one of the best movies I've seen in my life. One of these rare movies you can call a masterpiece, really!!!!!

I would add "O lucky man" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070464/), another brilliant movie from Lindsay Anderson and with Malcolm McDowell (remember "If"?).

The stuntman is another masterpiece, that's true!!!!

I also loved "A man and his dog", "Silent running",...

Oh man, THE RULING CLASS. I've only seen it once a long time ago but I still remember Harry Andrews hanging himself while wearing a tutu, f'ing hysterical.

El Duderino I'll definitely try to trackdown VIOLENT CITY. Bronson made some great films and Morricone is a genious, I only have five soundtrack CDs and three of them are his.

I'm all for Bronson's Movies, especially from the 70ies. I mean he kicked ass like no one else back there, more then Reynolds or Caan o Marvin or name it ...

Their are defintley some nice movietips in here, i already took a little list. :)

Oh and by the way ... get everything from Jean Pierre Melville if you don't know his movies. Le Samourai and Le cercle rouge first of all.

Oh maaaaaan!

So many good flicks that people are bringing up!

ROLLING THUNDER: Hell yes, baby! Tarantinno has got to get this out on DVD. One of the best revenge flicks EVER involves a Vietnam POW who finally returns home and runs into some nasty fellows who rob him, kill his family and shove his hand in a garbage disposal! With a shotgun and a hook arm, he starts to dish out vengance!

BOY AND HIS DOG: Don Johnson's second leading roll! Jason Robard rounds out a cool sci-fi adventure flick that did the whole post-apocalypse thing so well....and years before Road Warrior.

THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE: Needs to be seen to really be appreciated. Great cast.

Someone mentioned SERPICO, but how about the disturbingly good....

CRUISIN': Al Pacino brings to life an undercover cop who is a policeman by day and deep into the underground of the gay community by night, stalking a serial killer. Pacino's performance as a man who becomes torn by his dual-identity's was really powerful.

I wholly agree with the mention of Lindsay Anderson's "If..." and "O Lucky Man" (Not seen the third in the trilogy, Britannia Hospital though).

Not exactly rare, but after reading many of these flicks mentioned in this post...I have to put out Frankenheimer's SECONDS...the primordial stew from which all modern trippy mindbender-thrillers were born.

Plus it has a thorougly surreal grape-stomping orgy which is f'king fantastic.