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Kinjite - Forbidden Subjects
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez, James Pax
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Businessman Hiroshi Hada's teenage daughter has been kidnapped and enslaved by a prostitution ring. And Lt. Crowe, a cop who hates the Japanese, has been assigned to the case. Fortunately for Hada, there's one thing Crowe dislikes more than the Japanese, and that's teenage prostitution rings. As a ..read more »
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Messenger Of Death
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, John Ireland
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Religious fanaticism and corporate greed lace a tale of murder within a renegade Mormon sect. What the cops can't do to solve the crime, an intrepid reporter takes upon himself, with violent results. Charles Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson are teamed once again in this action/mystery set in ..read more »
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King Solomon's Mines
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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A 1980s adaptation of the classic adventure novel, and the third Hollywood version, following the success of INDIANA JONES. Richard Chamberlain stars as Allan Quartermain, one of two adventurers who vie for an enormous treasure in the heart of a dangerous African country.
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10 To Midnight
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Deranged serial killer William Stacy (Gene Davis) enjoys finding new and gruesome ways of slaying young women, an activity he prefers to do in the nude. But he goes one step too far when he targets the daughter of grizzled cop Leo Kessler (Charles Bronson). Desperate to catch Stacy, Kessler plants ..read more »
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The Evil That Men Do
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jose Ferrer, Theresa Saldana
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Holland (Charles Bronson) is a successful assassin who has retired and is living in the Cayman Islands when he hears that a friend has been killed by a notorious South American political torturer, Dr. Clement Molloch (Joseph Maher). In order to avenge his friend's death he comes out of retirement ..read more »
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from 183 members
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Cabo Blanco / U.S. Marshall
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Dominique Sanda, Fernando Rey
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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CABO BLANCO: In 1949, a British research arrives at the Peruvian fishing village of Cabo Blanco, located on the sun beaten coast of Peru. American Gifford Hoyt (Charles Bronson), has come to Cabo Blanco after fighting in the war in order to escape the pressures of the world. But the arrival of the ..read more »
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from 74 members
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White Buffalo
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Clint Walker, Slim Pickens
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) and Crazy Horse (Will Sampson), two of the Wild West's most legendary figures, search for the fabled white beast--and their own salvation--in this J. Lee Thompson film. WHITE BUFFALO also features Jack Warden, Kim Novak, and Slim Pickens.
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from 224 members
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MacKenna's Gold
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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A U.S. Sheriff, entrusted with a map of the legendary Valley of Gold, is attacked by an unruly bandit gang and his own local townspeople. They are all fired by greed and gold lust, but bound together by a fear of their common enemy - the Apache. Based on a novel by Will Henry, with music by Quincy ..read more »
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Taras Bulba
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Brad Dexter, Sam Wanamaker, Guy Rolfe
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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A "Romeo and Juliet" story that takes place in 18th c. Ukraine. Taras (Yul Brenner) has settled into comfortable farm life after years of adventures and swashbuckling with his cossack companions. Though not wealthy, he is able to send his son Andrei (Tony Curtis) away to a Polish school. At this ..read more »
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The Guns Of Navarone
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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One of the great war movies of all time, with an all start cast, and a gripping plot--based on the Alistair MacLean novel. A commando team is sent to a Greek Island to destroy the giant guns of World War II Germany which are controlling a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea. This was a ..read more »
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Northwest Frontier
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Kenneth More, Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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In North West Frontier [1959], a British Army Officer struggles to protect a young Royal Prince in India at the turn of the century, and his efforts lead him on a 300 mile danger-filled journey.
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Tiger Bay
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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A 12-year-old Hayley Mills made her big-screen debut in this melodramatic thriller as Gillie, a young girl living in Cardiff. She accidentally witnesses a Polish sailor named Korchinsky shoot his girlfriend dead in a fit of rage after he finds out she's left him for another man. Gillie steals the ..read more »
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Ice Cold In Alex
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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This classic World War II drama stars John Mills as an ambulance driver who escapes the siege of Tobruk in the company of a sergeant major, a nurse and a South African officer who has become separated from his unit. Suspicions arise about whether one of the group is a German spy who is undermining ..read more »
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What A Way To Go
on DVD
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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A classic of 60's film decadence, WHAT A WAY TO GO stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow four times over who is left with more money than she knows what to do with. When she signs an unsolicited, multimillion-dollar check over to the IRS, however, officials in high places begin to doubt her ..read more »
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60%
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J. Lee Thompson facts
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26 May 2004
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hired by Sam are used well. This is a first-rate B-movie, as directed by
J. Lee Thompson, aided by the menacing, brooding Bernard Herrmann score.
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A jolly fine old adventure 19 February 2006
