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Tag Archives: J. Lee Thompson
St. Ives (1976) J. Lee Thompson, Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, John Houseman
Abner Procane, top L.A. burglar, finds that somebody stole his plans for next ambitious heist. Read More »
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) J. Lee Thompson, Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, James Robertson Justice
Peter Weston is engaged to Vanessa Colebrook, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Read More »
Cape Fear (1962) J. Lee Thompson, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen
Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden’s life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Read More »
The Yellow Balloon (1953) J. Lee Thompson, Andrew Ray, Kathleen Ryan, Kenneth More
One of two young boys accidentally falls to his death when playing in a bombed-out London neighborhood. Read More »
North West Frontier (1959) J. Lee Thompson, Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom
In northwestern India soon after the turn of the 20th Century, Moslem rebels seek to kill a six-year-old Hindu prince to end his family line. Read More »
For Better, for Worse (1954) J. Lee Thompson, Dirk Bogarde, Susan Stephen, Cecil Parker
In postwar London, young graduate Tony (Sir Dirk Bogarde) and his girlfriend Anne (Susan Stephen) decide to marry. Read More »
Eye of the Devil (1966) J. Lee Thompson, David Niven, Sharon Tate, Deborah Kerr
Vineyard owner marquis Philippe de Montfaucon is called back to his castle Bellenac because of another dry season. Read More »
The Greek Tycoon (1978) J. Lee Thompson, Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone
Theo Tomasis, from humble beginnings, is an aging Greek shipping magnate who works on his own moral (or amoral as the case may be) code Read More »
Before Winter Comes (1968) J. Lee Thompson, David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina
Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. Read More »
No Trees in the Street (1959) J. Lee Thompson, Sylvia Syms, Herbert Lom, Ronald Howard
Surrounded by new 1950s East End high-rise flats, a London detective thinks back to how different things were in the late 1930s. Read More »
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) J. Lee Thompson, Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban
Cornelius and Zira’s son Caesar leads apes to revolution in this installment of the apes saga. Read More »
Taras Bulba (1962) J. Lee Thompson, Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann
A “Romeo and Juliet” story that takes place in the late 16c. Ukraine. Taras has settled into comfortable farm life after years of adventures Read More »
Ice Cold in Alex (1958) J. Lee Thompson, John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. Read More »
As Long as Theyre Happy (1955) J. Lee Thompson, Jack Buchanan, Janette Scott, Jeannie Carson
A stockbroker’s youngest daughter tricks an American singer into visiting her family at their suburban Wimbledon home. Read More »