The Leading Men of the 1970's!

The Leading Men of the 1970's!

The four top leading men deemed as the defining actors of the 1970's are:

Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, & Al Pacino.


These leading men truly hit the silver screen in big ways with major roles in motion pictures during the 1970's.

"Love Those Classic Movies!" will highlight in articles each leading man as being the definition of what made the 1970's a great decade for films.

Great films that each leading man appeared during the 1970's:

Robert Redford:

Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
The Hot Rock (1972)
The Candidate (1972)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
The Way We Were (1973)
The Sting (1973)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
All the President's Men (1976)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Electric Horseman (1979)

Jack Nicholson:

The Rebel Rousers (1970)
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
A Safe Place (1971)
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
The Last Detail (1973)
Chinatown (1974)
The Passenger (1975)
Tommy (1975)
The Fortune (1975)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
The Last Tycoon (1976)
Goin' South (1978)

Clint Eastwood:

Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
The Beguiled (1971)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Joe Kidd (1972)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Breezy (1973)
Magnum Force (1973)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
The Eiger Sanction(1975)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
The Enforcer (1976)
The Gauntlet (1977)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

Al Pacino:

The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Scarecrow (1973)
Serpico (1973)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
...And Justice For All. (1979)