The directors associated with some of the greatest crime movies of all time are an easy group of names to rattle off, with Francis Ford Coppola giving us the timeless epic that is The Godfather, or the many crime masterpieces of directors such as Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann, Quentin Tarantino, and the Coen Brothers.
However, a year after The Godfather came out, Elaine May –– a legendary comedian and filmmaker in her own right–– began working on a film which would not release until 1976, but would rise in the ranks as one of the best crime films ever made.
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