John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. Initially an exponent of social realism, he...
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Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacoby; December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor, known both for film roles and his work on the Broadway stage...
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Guns of Navarone | film by Thompson [1961]". Encyclopedia Britannica. August 21, 2023. "Cape Fear (1962) - J. Lee Thompson | Synopsis, Characteristics...
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Santiago and written by J. Lee Thompson. It stars Robert Patrick and Linda Carol with a cameo appearance of Richard Norton and Bruce Lee impersonator Bruce...
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Assassination (1987). During this time he often collaborated with director J. Lee Thompson. He also made a number of non-action television films in which he acted...
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returned as the scriptwriter, and producer Jacobs hired J. Lee Thompson to direct. Thompson had worked with Jacobs on two earlier films as well as during...
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Lee Thompson (sprinter) (born 1997), English sprinter Lee A. Thompson, American psychologist J. Lee Thompson (1914–2002), British film director Lee Thompson...
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Great British Defeat of World War Two. London: Cassel, 2003. The Guns of Navarone. directed by J. Lee Thompson. Culver City: Columbia Pictures, 1961....
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year, he appeared as a private detective in Cape Fear (directed by J. Lee Thompson with whom Savalas would work in future films), and The Interns, reprising...
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10 to Midnight (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
to Midnight is a 1983 American neo noir-thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay originally written by William Roberts. The film stars...
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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
action thriller film starring Charles Bronson and directed by J. Lee Thompson. As Thompson's final film, it was the last project he and Bronson did together—a...
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
Planet of the Apes is a 1973 American science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by John William Corrington and Joyce Hooper Corrington...
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
Planet of the Apes is a 1972 American science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to Escape from the...
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The Guns of Navarone (film) (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 action adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957...
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Eye of the Devil (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
13 or Thirteen, is a 1966 British mystery horror film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence and Sharon...
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Mackenna's Gold (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
Mackenna's Gold is a 1969 American Western film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring an ensemble cast featuring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas...
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writer and producer Jonathan Mills. Mills was 12 when she was cast by J. Lee Thompson, who was initially looking for a boy to play the lead role, in Tiger...
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Happy Birthday to Me (film) (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
Happy Birthday to Me is a 1981 slasher film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker, Frances...
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
installment in the Death Wish film series. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson, and features Charles Bronson, who reprises his leading role as Paul...
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St. Ives (1976 film) (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
St. Ives is a 1976 American crime thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Maximilian...
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Caboblanco (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
Caboblanco is a 1980 American drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson, Dominique Sanda and Jason Robards. The film has often...
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The White Buffalo (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
The White Buffalo is a 1977 fantasy Western film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, Kim Novak, Jack Warden, Slim Pickens and Will...
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envisioned as the Green Goblin, and Spider-Man creator Stan Lee was approached to make a cameo as J. Jonah Jameson. Golan struggled for years to produce the...
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Cape Fear (1962 film) (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson, from a screenplay by James R. Webb, adapting the 1957 novel The Executioners...
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The Evil That Men Do (film) (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
Evil That Men Do is a 1984 American action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher and José...
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North West Frontier (film) (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
and directed by J. Lee Thompson. It was a commercial success at the British box-office in 1959. The film's success led to J. Lee Thompson beginning his...
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Murphy's Law (film) (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
Murphy's Law is a 1986 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It was released by Cannon...
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Mackendrick shortly before production started, and replaced him with J. Lee Thompson. The resulting movie was a massive hit. He was intending to follow...
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Tiger Bay (1959 film) (category Films directed by J. Lee Thompson)
Tiger Bay is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson. It stars John Mills as a police superintendent investigating a murder; his real-life...
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Planet of the Apes (1968 film) (category Films directed by Franklin J. Schaffner)
Directors J. Lee Thompson and Blake Edwards were approached, but the film's producer Arthur P. Jacobs, upon the recommendation of Heston, chose Franklin J. Schaffner...
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