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J. Lee Thompson
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review by KATHERINEofARROGANCEe from HARROW
26 May 2004
J. Lee Thompson - filmography
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Kinjite - Forbidden Subjects
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez, James Pax
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate: 
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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from 142 members
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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 »
53%
from 177 members
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King Solomon's Mines
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate: 
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.
55%
from 700 members
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The Evil That Men Do
(1983)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jose Ferrer, Theresa Saldana
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate:
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 »
57%
from 208 members
Not available for rental
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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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Charles Bronson at 63 or so, continues his vigilante persona in this run-of-the-mill crime drama about a Richard Speck-style killer who knifes young nurses to death. There is no doubt that the film exploits both the heinous, 1966 Speck murder of eight nurses in Chicago and an audience's willingness ..read more »
58%
from 558 members
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The Passage
(1979)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Director J. Lee Thompson directed this World War II adventure drama from a script by author Bruce Nicolaysen who adapted the screenplay from his novel The Perilous Passage. Anthony Quinn stars as a brave Basque mountaineer who is hired by the American military to guide Professor Bergsson (James ..read more »
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from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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White Buffalo
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Clint Walker, Slim Pickens
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate: 
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.
55%
from 264 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 »
63%
from 442 members
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What A Way To Go
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate: 
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 »
61%
from 221 members
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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 »
70%
from 181 members
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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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The guns of Navarone are huge Nazi cannons, installed on an Aegean island behind enemy lines. Anthony Quayle is the officer assigned by the British to lead a task force to put the guns out of commission. When Quayle is injured, the mission winds up in the relatively inexperienced hands of Gregory ..read more »
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from 5,364 members
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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 »
72%
from 140 members
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Ice Cold In Alex - Blu-ray
(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 »
80%
from 208 members
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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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from 4,859 members
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Woman In A Dressing Gown
(1957)
Starring: Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Woman in a Dressing Gown is a 1957 British film directed by J. Lee Thompson (Ice Cold In Alex, Cape Fear, The Guns Of Navarone) and stars Sylvia Syms (Ice Cold In Alex, No Trees In The Street) Anthony Quale (Ice Cold In Alex, The Guns Of Navarone) and Yvonne Mitchell who won the Silver Bear for ..read more »
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from 3 members
Due for release on 13th August 2012
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